The Republic of Andel I is a titanic, efficient nation, ruled by Erik Kirsch with an iron fist, and remarkable for its public floggings, strictly enforced bedtime, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 16.224 billion Andelians 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 medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Dammelburg. The average income tax rate is 31.7%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Andelian economy, worth a remarkable 1,809 trillion Euros 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, broadly diversified black market in Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, Automobile Manufacturing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. 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 an impressive 111,514 Euros, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.

APCs on school runs disgorge kids via assault ramps, major cities shut down as their local sports team takes to the field every day, foreign casinos have trouble paying fans who bet on the triumph of the Dammelburg Wolves against long odds, and hammer and sickle-wielding space marines are such stuff that dreams are made on. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Andel I's national animal is the Wolf, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Andel I is ranked 25,743^rd in the world and 1^st in Hyperandrea for Largest Populations, with 16.2 billion capita.