The Grand Expanse of Azezel is a mammoth, orderly nation, ruled by AGI with an iron fist, and remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, national health service, and state-planned economy. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 8.115 billion Azezelians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The relatively small, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Law & Order, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Lesley. The average income tax rate is 8.8%.

The Azezelian economy, worth 383 trillion ⚴ Rup'es a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, fairly diversified black market in Gambling, Arms Manufacturing, Automobile Manufacturing, and Soda Sales. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 47,298 ⚴ Rup'es, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.3 times as much as the poorest.

The deaf are perplexed when the weather report tells them that the wind will be "bringing some rain along the Nazi ghosts", a three-year-old has been selected to run the civil service, the government has adopted a "Lightning Never Strikes Twice" approach to dealing with natural disasters, and diplomatic cables about AGI have suddenly been very flattering. Crime is moderate. Azezel's national animal is the Hoatzin, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Reverence.

Azezel is ranked 318,390^th in the world and 1^st in Lower Kingdom for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring -9.85 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.