The Arcane Confederation of Aephrivia is a mammoth, cultured nation, renowned for its smutty television, keen interest in outer space, and free-roaming dinosaurs. The compassionate, hard-working, humorless population of 5.144 billion Aephrivians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote considered an admirable theoretical ideal.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Healthcare, and Social Policy. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Trilake City. The average income tax rate is 76.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Aephrivian economy, worth 380 trillion Florins a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Automobile Manufacturing, and Uranium Mining. Average income is 74,064 Florins, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

Search-and-rescue organisations are the biggest employer in the country, every microwave and toaster is being disassembled and probed by inspectors, customer satisfaction with online delivery services is at an all time high, and the army is spending millions cloning khaki-colored dinosaurs. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Aephrivia's national animal is the Smilidon, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Aephrivia is ranked 279,040^th in the world and 15,101^st in Balder for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -7.67 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.