The Technocracy States of Azzarel is a titanic, orderly nation, ruled by The Shepherd with an iron fist, and notable for its parental licensing program, zero percent divorce rate, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 19.327 billion Azzas are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

The relatively small, corrupt, moralistic, pro-business, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Industry, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Airstrip One. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 26.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Azza economy, worth a remarkable 6,357 trillion Credits a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Retail and Arms Manufacturing. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an amazing 328,959 Credits, with the richest citizens earning 6.6 times as much as the poorest.

Jail house rock has been replaced with jail house golden oldies, men avoid even so much as looking at female colleagues, the national economy makes a whole lot of nothing, and cloud nine refers to the top floor of skyscrapers. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Azzarel's national animal is the Meerkat, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Azzarel is ranked 2,309^th in the world and 81^st in The North Pacific for Highest Average Incomes, with 328,959.48 Standard Monetary Units.