The State of AM is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by the Governor with an iron fist, and notable for its state-planned economy, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The cynical population of 12.248 billion AMians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The enormous, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Westminster. The average income tax rate is 70.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant AMian economy, worth 85.2 trillion betales a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Tourism, and Uranium Mining. Average income is 6,954 betales, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

It is a crime to operate a combine harvester while intoxicated, AM has designated Westminster as its capital city, The Governor has just been declared ruler of AM in an international press conference, and the government's official stance on religion is that it is so very silly. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. AM's national animal is the deer, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

AM is ranked 48,738^th in the world and 2^nd in Omega Prime for Lowest Crime Rates, with 74.55 law-abiding acts per hour.