The Republic of Awestre Gorend is a colossal, safe nation, ruled by Dolly Patron with an even hand, and renowned for its complete lack of prisons, pith helmet sales, and restrictive gun laws. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 6.661 billion Awestre Gorendians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Cork. The average income tax rate is 98.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Awestre Gorendian economy, worth a remarkable 1,163 trillion seashells a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing and Information Technology. Average income is an impressive 174,739 seashells, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Citizens are allowed to rise or fall based on their own merits, a popular saying is "a chicken for every pot and an abortion clinic on every street", drills and shovels have been banned as the government cracks down on any means of fracking, and families are left homeless as entire suburbs are bulldozed on the whim of tribal chiefs. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Awestre Gorend's national animal is the seal, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Awestre Gorend is ranked 286,482^nd in the world and 5,034^th in The East Pacific for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring -16.37 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.