The Republic of Avsa is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its museums and concert halls, public floggings, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 847 million Avsans 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 relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 12.1%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Avsan economy, worth 83.5 trillion lire a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Retail, Book Publishing, and Uranium Mining. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 98,524 lire, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.0 times as much as the poorest.

Police officers that upset their bosses get assigned to 24 hour stakeouts of bike sheds, the government's suggestions box is curiously empty these days, the Avsa City State Museum is said to be haunted by ghastly musicians playing 'Nearer Violet to Thee', and pilots always remember to send their doctors a Maxxmas card. Crime is almost non-existent. Avsa's national animal is the wolf, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Avsa is ranked 39,809^th in the world and 9^th in Organization of Mediterranean States for Most Cultured, scoring 75 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.