The Community of Azzata is a massive, genial nation, renowned for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, irreverence towards religion, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic population of 1.631 billion Azzatans are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The enormous, liberal, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Batash-Timna. The average income tax rate is 95.7%.

The frighteningly efficient Azzatan economy, worth 216 trillion minas a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is an impressive 132,530 minas, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Azzatan police have to pay out of their own pockets for bulletproof vests, fair-weather fans talk during plays while die-hard theatre enthusiasts stay at home, many marriages go virtually unconsummated, and graverobbers claim they're acting within the interest of 'scientific preservation'. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Azzata's national animal is the dove, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Azzata is ranked 326,940^th in the world and 432^nd in The Communist Bloc for Highest Unexpected Death Rate, scoring 19 on the Bus Surprisal Index.