The Empire of Aikoland is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by Prime Minister Mélodie Bélanger with a fair hand, and renowned for its aversion to nipples, keen interest in outer space, and national health service. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, humorless, devout population of 29.936 billion Aikolandais enjoy some of the most opulent lifestyles in the region, unless they are unemployed or working-class, in which case they are variously starving to death or crippled by easily preventable diseases.

The minute, corrupt, pro-business government, or what there is of one, is dominated by the Department of Industry, with Education, Defense, and Administration also on the agenda, while Welfare and Environment aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Ville d'Aiko. Income tax is unheard of.

The frighteningly efficient Aikolandais economy, worth an astonishing 10,843 trillion Aikolandais francs a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Book Publishing. Average income is an amazing 362,219 Aikolandais francs, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 2,686,527 per year while the poor average 14,536, a ratio of 184 to 1.

Apples shaped like baguettes have become a strange new food fad, preservative-laden Aikolandais cheeses will be as edible when archaeologists dig them up next millennium, 'The Anti-Government Hour' is a popular programme on many of Aikoland's radio stations, and it is customary to begin the summer with a fasting ritual in which people eat nothing but kumquat smoothies. Crime, especially youth-related, is well under control. Aikoland's national animal is the Aikolandais crested eagle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Aikoland is ranked 51,220^th in the world and 5^th in Osakaland for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring 4,651.97 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.