The Aqours subunit of AZALEA- is a massive, socially progressive nation, ruled by Dia Kurosawa with a fair hand, and remarkable for its daily referendums, parental licensing program, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 2.305 billion AZALEA-ians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The medium-sized, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Numazu. The average income tax rate is 75.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient AZALEA-ian economy, worth 319 trillion yen a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Retail, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is an impressive 138,670 yen, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

People who have had childhood imaginary friends are told they can't ever be trusted with guns, group hugs break out during floor votes, the tax agency is feared more than serial killers and terrorists, and the nation's counterintelligence budget is all up in the air. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. AZALEA-'s national animal is the raven, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

AZALEA- is ranked 30,200^th in the world and 1^st in The South Pacific WA Voting Center for Lowest Crime Rates, with 82.75 law-abiding acts per hour.