The Republic of Anchors Islands is a huge, genial nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service, avant-garde cinema, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-working, democratic population of 313 million Anchors Islandsians are known throughout the region for their efficiency and work ethic, as well as their general suspicion of leisure.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Law & Order, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Anchors. The average income tax rate is 28.1%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Anchors Islandsian economy, worth 25.3 trillion Anchors a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 80,847 Anchors, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.0 times as much as the poorest.

Bigtopian relations have become a minefield, foreigners with shady pasts are fleeing the country, Leader steals from the rich and gives to the needy, and an increasing percentage of the population's youth have homosexual parents. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Anchors Islands's national animal is the Starfish, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Anchors Islands is ranked 50,065^th in the world and 1,088^th in the South Pacific for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 147.75 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.