The Meritocratic Republic of Avalisk is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Head Councilor Hollis Knox with an iron fist, and renowned for its complete lack of prisons, parental licensing program, and pith helmet sales. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 5.847 billion Avalisians 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 medium-sized, corrupt, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Almorac. The average income tax rate is 83.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Avalissian economy, worth 959 trillion Seahles a year, is quite specialized and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 164,124 Seahles, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Foreign 'investors' have been taking a great interest in the new secret shuttle, a division of tanks navigating "as the crow flies" has driven into a ravine, teenagers can't go to the loo without an army of social workers watching their every movement, and children are raised bilingual from an early age. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Avalisk's national animal is the Wolf, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Zephyrism.

Avalisk is ranked 219,271^st in the world and 1,017^th in Europe for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, scoring -4.69 on the Henry Ford Productivity Index.