The Commonwealth of AkvaVit is a huge, efficient nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, frequent executions, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 558 million AkvaVitian are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Administration, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Gezor Metroplex. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 16.0%.

The frighteningly efficient AkvaVitian economy, worth 56.8 trillion COAMS a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Uranium Mining, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is an impressive 101,761 COAMS, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 443,028 per year while the poor average 14,794, a ratio of 29.9 to 1.

Lobotomies haven't been the same after the practice was severed, military information leaks are **REDACTED** by **REDACTED** in **REDACTED**, search-and-rescue organisations are the biggest employer in the country, and AkvaVit has designated Gezor Metroplex as its capital city. Crime, especially youth-related, is almost non-existent, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. AkvaVit's national animal is the Gezor Blue Lobster, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

AkvaVit is ranked 38,351^st in the world and 20^th in Aeternas for Smartest Citizens, with 49.98 quips per hour.