The Concierge of Aethenstaff is a colossal, socially progressive nation, ruled by Wygnin of Aethenstaff with an even hand, and notable for its keen interest in outer space, national health service, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate population of 3.2 billion Aethians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The large, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Rathanaak. The average income tax rate is 56.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Aethian economy, worth 253 trillion Aethens a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Trout Farming, Furniture Restoration, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 79,137 Aethens, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

The nation is known as the cheapskates of the West Pacific, rogue nations are placing suspiciously large bulk orders for student laptops, obstetricians are not allowed to publish ultrasound pictures of fetuses in medical journals, and Eau de Trashcan has become a wildly popular perfume. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Aethenstaff's national animal is the Aethen, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Aethenstaff is ranked 241,163^rd in the world and 725^th in the West Pacific for Largest Black Market, with 236 billion Standard Monetary Units.