The High-Technate of Athretvari is a gargantuan, efficient nation, remarkable for its soft-spoken computers, vat-grown people, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, humorless population of 27.685 billion Vari have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Rebelzion. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Athretvarian economy, worth an astonishing 22,156 trillion Athcoin-Жoperniks a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is broadly diversified, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is a breathtaking 800,324 Athcoin-Жoperniks, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

Employers are finding it hard to screen candidates now that everyone gets A grades in their exams, the "war on terror" doesn't seem to be making Vari any less frightened, war vets look after war animals, and cubicles often double as graves as citizens literally work themselves to death. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Athretvari's national animal is the pygmy berserker-cat, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Scientific Universalism.

Athretvari is ranked 331^st in the world and 1^st in New Coalition of Nations for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 33,679.53 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.