The Rift Republic of Amaris is a titanic, orderly nation, ruled by Lord Ukris Durant with an iron fist, and remarkable for its compulsory military service, frequent executions, and daily referendums. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 10.395 billion Amarisians 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 enormous government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Spirituality, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Port Rowe. The average income tax rate is 73.1%.

The very strong Amarisian economy, worth 636 trillion barzels a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Arms Manufacturing, and Retail. Average income is 61,201 barzels, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.6 times as much as the poorest.

Citizens are deployed to barren deserts to protect small territorial claims, travelers are subject to extensive searches if beet stains are visible on their clothing, you're never too young to learn how to lie with confidence, and it is illegal to distribute Girl Guide Cookies without an advanced food hygiene diploma. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Amaris's national animal is the shark, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is Tehom-Elism.

Amaris is ranked 61,993^rd in the world and 11^th in Oceania for Largest Populations, with 10.4 billion capita.