The Democratic States of Athinya is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its daily referendums, state-planned economy, and sprawling nuclear power plants. The compassionate, democratic population of 292 million Athinyans 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 large, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of New Thianya City. The average income tax rate is 66.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Athinyan economy, worth 22.5 trillion Athinyan Dollars 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 dominated by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Basket Weaving. Average income is 76,904 Athinyan Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Lip-readers are often left perplexed by political rallies, a suspicious number of male students have joined the Ladies' Wrestling League, sales of disinfectant wipes have skyrocketed, and physics lessons mostly involve talking about emotional management techniques. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Athinya's national animal is the Athinyan Seagull, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Athinya is ranked 277,094^th in the world and 1,187^th in The Communist Bloc for Most Patriotic, with 0.59 flags saluted per person per day.