The High-Technate of Athretvari is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its otherworldly petting zoo, vat-grown people, and national health service. The hard-nosed, democratic, humorless population of 31.456 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 27,326 trillion Athcoins 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 868,713 Athcoins, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The latest Harry Potter book is a bestseller, foreign despots proudly bandstand on Athretvarian airwaves, science centers and state of the art laboratories are ubiquitous, and children with trilobite collections are drafted into the 'Billy and the Cloneasaurus' division. 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 6^th in the world and 1^st in New Coalition of Nations for Smartest Citizens, with 786.3 quips per hour.