The Widowmaker of Amelie Lacroix is a titanic, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Amelia Lacroix with an even hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, keen interest in outer space, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, hard-working population of 13.266 billion Amelie Lacroixians enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Paris. The average income tax rate is 42.9%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Amelie Lacroixian economy, worth a remarkable 1,016 trillion francs a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Information Technology, and Retail. Average income is 76,653 francs, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.9 times as much as the poorest.

Tradesmen will knock 10% off their fees if customers pay cash, ghost regiments exist only on paper, jabbing a baby's bottle at officials gets parents waved straight through immigration, and the most popular stadium acts are one-off performances. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Amelie Lacroix's national animal is the spider, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Violetism.

Amelie Lacroix is ranked 40,641^st in the world and 243^rd in Ambition for Largest Populations, with 13.3 billion capita.