The Allied States of Ampermit is a very large, genial nation, renowned for its digital currency, public floggings, and ritual sacrifices. The compassionate, devout population of 425 million Ampermitians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 56.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Ampermitian economy, worth 20.8 trillion Mini Mints a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, quite specialized black market in Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, and Furniture Restoration. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 49,001 Mini Mints, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Citizens are encouraged to report friends, family members or co-workers who seem depressed to the government for "counselling", Ampermitian watches list strained wrists as a common side effect, chipped paint can see a building condemned, and Ampermitian politicians are often described as having more style than substance. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ampermit's national animal is the Poyo, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Ampermit is ranked 242,496^th in the world and 24^th in Amperregion for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring -3.57 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.