The Empire of Aedyrn is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Stennis Reinhardt with an iron fist, and renowned for its keen interest in outer space, pith helmet sales, and triple-decker prams. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 17.938 billion Aedyrnians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The large, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Arkania. The average income tax rate is 95.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Aedyrnian economy, worth a remarkable 3,054 trillion Marks a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, and Book Publishing. Black market activity is extensive. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 170,291 Marks, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Government theft from poor artists to give to rich allies has been dubbed the "reverse Robin Hood" policy, it is still not known if the commander in chief outranks the supreme commander, commuters and their desktops both bemoan their hard drives, and dancing with your first cousin is a misdemeanor. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Aedyrn's national animal is the Bearded Vulture, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Aedyrnian Polytheism.

Aedyrn is ranked 12,512^th in the world and 767^th in Balder for Lowest Crime Rates, with 97.14 law-abiding acts per hour.