The Pelagic Borderlands of Ambia Strata is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by The Azure Fether with a fair hand, and renowned for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, otherworldly petting zoo, and hatred of cheese. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful, devout population of 4.293 billion Plumes 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 large, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Firmament Soma. The average income tax rate is 97.0%.

The frighteningly efficient Plumed economy, worth 798 trillion nils 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 Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Basket Weaving. Average income is an impressive 186,075 nils, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Conversion therapy coupons are a popular present for coming of age ceremonies, the nation's politicians are acknowledged as the most polite in the region to the dismay of comedians everywhere, the children of Ambia Strata are often remarked upon for their cheery attitude to extreme violence, and family isn't who you're born with but who you abandon in foreign countries. Crime is totally unknown. Ambia Strata's national animal is the Axolotl, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is Flow.

Ambia Strata is ranked 322,557^th in the world and 214^th in Wintreath for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring -11.49 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.