The Third Empire of Averius is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its compulsory military service, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The quiet, industrious population of 4.5 billion Averians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, socially-minded morass — juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Education, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Imperial Central District. The average income tax rate is 73.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but underdeveloped Averiusian economy, worth 114 trillion Dollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Cheese Exports, and Pizza Delivery. Average income is 25,535 Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The latest Harry Potter book is a bestseller, Averius has designated Imperial Central District as its capital city, and Leader has just been declared ruler of Averius in an international press conference. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Averius's national animal is the Fox, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Averius is ranked 31,915^th in the world and 36^th in The Hole To Hide In for Safest, scoring 108.51 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.