The Empire of Azteree Lace is a small, safe nation, notable for its compulsory military service and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate population of 45 million Azteree Laceans 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 government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Welfare, and Education. The average income tax rate is 38.1%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Azteree Lacean economy, worth 1.51 trillion Kronos a year, is quite specialized and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Automobile Manufacturing, and Furniture Restoration. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 33,571 Kronos, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Legal contracts aren't worth the paper they're written on, euthanasia is legal, the Lion is a protected species, and the nation is ravaged by daily union strikes. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Azteree Lace's national animal is the Lion, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Azteree Lace is ranked 101,764^th in the world and 2,605^th in the South Pacific for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 50.5 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.