Azjhetia

Nation Information
The Imperial Technate of Azjhetia is a massive, socially progressive nation, ruled by Makinta Tetsunori with an even hand, and notable for its complete lack of prisons, keen interest in outer space, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 2.493 billion Azjhetians enjoy some of the most opulent lifestyles in the region, unless they are unemployed or working-class, in which case they are variously starving to death or crippled by easily preventable diseases.

The medium-sized, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Azulu. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 46.9%.

The frighteningly efficient Azjhetian economy, worth 277 trillion Azjhis a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Soda Sales. Black market activity is frequent. Average income is an impressive 111,197 Azjhis, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 419,497 per year while the poor average 20,530, a ratio of 20.4 to 1.

Census workers struggle to account for the rapidly increasing number of citizens to tabulate, there's a shortage of swinging hot spots as land development grinds to a halt, the government spends more on chasing distant comets than on basic infrastructure, and the diplomatic corps tends to open negotiations by insulting all the foreigners in the room. Crime, especially youth-related, is moderate, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Azjhetia's national animal is the reindeer, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

The City of Azulu
The capital city of Azjhetia is Azulu (Los Angeles). The city was named after Martin Azulu, founder of the Azjhetian Kingdom and city in 1954. The city today is very influenctial to the economy, as its vast amount of tech companies and coroprations.