The Multicultural States of Amberthia is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its rum-swilling pirates, national health service, and anti-smoking policies. The compassionate, democratic population of 1.659 billion Amberthians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The enormous, liberal, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 86.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Amberthian economy, worth 175 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 Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Tourism. Average income is an impressive 105,268 Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Self-sufficiency is built on seizing foreign assets, all recreational drugs are legal, new arrivals are asked the location of the Minister of the Interior's birthmark, and military parades quietly tiptoe their way through the streets. Crime is totally unknown. Amberthia's national animal is the Fox, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Amberthia is ranked 12,953^rd in the world and 160^th in The Leftist Assembly for Smartest Citizens, with 84.67 quips per hour.