The Armed Republic of Aklynost is a small, orderly nation, renowned for its frequent executions, keen interest in outer space, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 36 million Aklynostians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The relatively small, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 19.9%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Aklynostian economy, worth 2.74 trillion nosts a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Woodchip Exports, and Book Publishing. Average income is 76,040 nosts, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.6 times as much as the poorest.

Aklynostians are regularly fired for looking at MyFace during their lunch breaks, 100-year-old politicians are now a thing of the past, there is a heavy social stigma attached to e-cigarettes, and the meaning of life was recently discovered in the patch notes for Version 1.42. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Aklynost's national animal is the cobra, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Aklynost is ranked 142,944^th in the world and 2,391^st in the West Pacific for Safest, scoring 62.1 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.