The Free Haven of Aerika is a huge, safe nation, notable for its keen interest in outer space, irreverence towards religion, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate population of 632 million Aerikans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Birchville. The average income tax rate is 76.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Aerikan economy, worth 64.3 trillion bits a year, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 101,755 bits, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Aerika recently hosted the least successful trade negotiations since The Phantom Menace, election ballot papers are so long that unused ones are recycled as toilet roll, convicted criminals are given free limo rides to jail, and criminals and college students are taking an interest in the government's new weed-killing program. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Aerika's national animal is the dire carebear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Aerika is ranked 20,513^th in the world and 786^th in The North Pacific for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 53.38 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.