The Republic of Akiro is a massive, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service. The hard-working, cynical, devout population of 1.062 billion Akiroans are proud of their wide-ranging civil freedoms, and those who aren't tend to be dragged off the streets by men in dark suits and hustled into cars with tinted windows.

The relatively small, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Welfare, and Education. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 9.5%.

The strong Akiroan economy, worth 68.3 trillion yen a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Trout Farming industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Pizza Delivery, and Automobile Manufacturing. Average income is 64,302 yen, with the richest citizens earning 6.5 times as much as the poorest.

Crime, especially youth-related, is well under control. Akiro's national animal is the tiger, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Akiro is ranked 259,336^th in the world and 94^th in Japan for Most Advanced Law Enforcement, scoring 768.86 on the Orwell Orderliness Index.