The Enlightened Republic of Aerika is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by President Bert Lander with an even hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, anti-smoking policies, and daily referendums. The compassionate population of 1.839 billion Aerikans enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Birchville. The average income tax rate is 90.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Aerikan economy, worth 226 trillion bits a year, is highly specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 123,024 bits, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The ongoing space elevator construction project has elevated the national debt to all new levels, nobody likes bad boys any more, CEOs can't hear the term 'Fire Sale' without bursting into tears, and the nation's most powerful weapon is its negotiating skills. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Aerika's national animal is the dire carebear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Invisible Pink Unicorn.

Aerika is ranked 296,486^th in the world and 5,495^th in The North Pacific for Largest Furniture Restoration Industry, scoring -8.12 on the Spitz-Pollish Productivity Index.