The Democratic Republic of Operation AW is a huge, socially progressive nation, renowned for its punitive income tax rates, devotion to social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The democratic population of 422 million Operation AWians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 68.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant Operation AWian economy, worth 2.99 trillion francs a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is dominated by the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Cheese Exports, and Information Technology. Average income is 7,096 francs, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Operation AW's national animal is the fox, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Operation AW is ranked 70,848^th in the world and 1^st in Ancient World for Most Pacifist, with 91.77 cheeks turned per day.