The Republic of The Achericend is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by this guy I know with a fair hand, and renowned for its pith helmet sales, irreverence towards religion, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 1.201 billion Achericendians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The enormous, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Yrohpolis. The average income tax rate is 81.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Achericendian economy, worth 127 trillion Kronor a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 106,047 Kronor, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Most of the nation's wealthy aristocrats are dentists, many whiskies taste suspiciously like automobile radiators, belligerent citizens shoot at passing clouds for 'violating their airspace', and stone wrist watches that weigh 20lb are the latest trend. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. The Achericend's national animal is the giraffe, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

The Achericend is ranked 10,601^st in the world and 248^th in the South Pacific for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 396.34 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.