The Totalitarian Federation of Afrotem is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Garyan Laen with an even hand, and remarkable for its ban on automobiles, avowedly heterosexual populace, and stringent health and safety legislation. The devout population of 1.008 billion Afrotemians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The large, moralistic, socially-minded government prioritizes Administration, although Defense, Welfare, and Industry are also considered important. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Denal. The average income tax rate is 49.7%.

The strong Afrotemian economy, worth 71.4 trillion Krans a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Uranium Mining industry, with major contributions from Door-to-door Insurance Sales, Woodchip Exports, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 70,874 Krans, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.1 times as much as the poorest.

Universities now offer degrees in cycling etiquette, Garyan Laen is described as an everyday person with normal tastes and the usual interests, the latest Harry Potter book is a bestseller, and Calvinball players are lost for days as they wander the vast halls of their new academies. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Afrotem's national animal is the wolf, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Afrotem is ranked 57,509^th in the world and 419^th in The Communist Bloc for Safest, scoring 101.11 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.