The Afrika-Kommisseriat of Apanburg is a colossal, safe nation, ruled by The black Baron with an iron fist, and renowned for its fear of technology, free-roaming dinosaurs, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 5.887 billion Axes are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of New Berlin. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 27.3%.

The very strong Apanburgian economy, worth 455 trillion Reichsmarks a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Basket Weaving, and Retail. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 77,445 Reichsmarks, with the richest citizens earning 9.6 times as much as the poorest.

Teams of painters are converting road signs from horse lengths to kilometers, rabbits are known to spontaneously explode without warning, the nation subsists off of the minimal number of farms imaginable, and caps with skulls on them are the height of fashion. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Apanburg's national animal is the Lion, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Apanburg is ranked 113,325^th in the world and 34^th in United Fascist Workers Association for Lowest Crime Rates, with 64.34 law-abiding acts per hour.