The Ræpublic of Aephony is a colossal, cultured nation, remarkable for its smutty television, pith helmet sales, and absence of drug laws. The hard-working, devout population of 5.342 billion Aes are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Administration, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Aesolyte's. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 47.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Ae economy, worth 929 trillion Aes a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Woodchip Exports. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 174,024 Aes, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,039,482 per year while the poor average 13,275, a ratio of 78.3 to 1.

Aes suffer not the eggplant emoji to live, in distant lands the nation is known as a lovely place that was even better in the good old days, Aephony's free colleges struggle to maintain standards in the face of overwhelming demand, and women who are caught shoplifting are sent home to their fathers with a patronising pat on the bottom. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Aephony's national animal is the Leech, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Aephony is ranked 282,529^th in the world and 10,704^th in Lazarus for Safest, scoring 6.1 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.