The Dictatorship of Airelle is a huge, cultured nation, renowned for its anti-smoking policies, avowedly heterosexual populace, and compulsory military service. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 613 million Airelleans are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The enormous, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Elle. The average income tax rate is 75.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Airellean economy, worth 52.2 trillion kroner a year, is dominated by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Information Technology, and Automobile Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 85,161 kroner, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.8 times as much as the poorest.

Brave curators do battle with disorganised government libraries, autopsies often involve only cursory examination, flamethrower-toting soldiers are also equipped with fire blankets and extinguishers, and holiday light displays just aren't the same without seizure-inducing strobe effects. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Airelle's national animal is the bunny, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Airelle is ranked 58,212^th in the world and 1,278^th in The North Pacific for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, scoring 3,890.22 on the Henry Ford Productivity Index.