The Rogue Nation of Athein is a huge, cultured nation, notable for its infamous sell-swords, frequent executions, and flagrant waste-dumping. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 699 million Atheinians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Education, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 25.6%.

The very strong Atheinian economy, worth 55.5 trillion francs a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, fairly diversified black market in Book Publishing, Beef-Based Agriculture, Arms Manufacturing, and Basket Weaving. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 79,431 francs, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.1 times as much as the poorest.

Religious households enthusiastically use whips in private, the nation's police officers are famously miserable-looking, government winter plans get a frosty reception, and the government funds large training centres to turn wolves into functioning members of society. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Athein's national animal is the wolf, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Athein is ranked 236,909^th in the world and 593^rd in Horizon for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -5.02 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.