The Democracy of Athanes Empire is a titanic, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Thane Hammerstruck with an even hand, and remarkable for its free-roaming dinosaurs, ubiquitous missile silos, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate population of 17.961 billion Athanes Empireans have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Athanes Plains. The average income tax rate is 82.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Athanes Empirean economy, worth a remarkable 2,092 trillion Athashians a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 116,497 Athashians, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

When flight control tells pilots to alter course the usual reply is "No, YOU move!", anti-vacs campaigners claim the government is inserting weird devices into their bodies, internet sites are legally unable to stop their users from posting pornography, and appliance stores are finding spy cameras embedded in their unboxed merchandise. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Athanes Empire's national animal is the Athashian Boa Viper Snake, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Fire Lion.

Athanes Empire is ranked 284,808^th in the world and 45^th in The Free Nations Region for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 20,270.48 Standard Monetary Units.