The Federative Socialist States of Aquelistan is a mammoth, genial nation, ruled by Randall Harkness with an iron fist, and notable for its keen interest in outer space, soft-spoken computers, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, cynical, humorless population of 5.189 billion Aquelisians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The relatively small, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Anjoushaven. The average income tax rate is 46.6%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Aquelisian economy, worth a remarkable 1,152 trillion Qens a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is broadly diversified, is dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Tourism, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is an amazing 222,101 Qens, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Randall Harkness affectionately nicknames supporters by number, Maxtopian tourists make expensive pilgrimages to Anjoushaven to enjoy their national art, children's bedrooms are often decorated with posters of successful accountants, and pop stars who make it big overseas are hailed as economic heroes. Crime is totally unknown. Aquelistan's national animal is the Frend bird, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Aquelistan is ranked 199,078^th in the world and 10,388^th in Lazarus for Largest Black Market, with 498 billion Standard Monetary Units.