The Emirate of Averxia is a huge, cultured nation, notable for its complete lack of prisons, complete lack of public education, and absence of drug laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, devout population of 983 million Averxians are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The minute, corrupt, pro-business government, or what there is of one, is effectively ruled by the Department of Defense, although Industry is also considered important, while Welfare and Social Policy are ignored. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 2.5%.

The thriving Averxian economy, worth 106 trillion Averxian Credits a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Retail, Gambling, and Uranium Mining. Average income is an impressive 108,235 Averxian Credits, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 980,554 per year while the poor average 1,408, a ratio of 696 to 1.

Cheap and tasteless vegetables flood the markets, behind every local dictator is an Averxian advisor whispering in their ear, Violetist maidens who fall for an outsider must leave their violet light districts in shame, and cities are engulfed by smog. Crime, especially youth-related, is all-pervasive, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Averxia's national animal is the Averxian Sand Worm, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Averxia is ranked 82,299^th in the world and 375^th in the Plains of Perdition for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 116.62 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.