The People's Republic of Ania Itary is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Gorsh with a fair hand, and renowned for its daily referendums, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 1.277 billion Anians 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 enormous, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Itario. The average income tax rate is 95.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Ania Itaryian economy, worth 150 trillion Yuan a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 117,494 Yuan, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Families are left homeless as entire suburbs are bulldozed on the whim of tribal chiefs, burning twigs to keep warm while lost in the wild is now a felony, the nation's Medal of Honour can be found as a free toy in breakfast cereal, and politicians accost strangers in the street to ask their problems. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ania Itary's national animal is the Turtle, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is Gonzalo Thought.

Ania Itary is ranked 282,357^th in the world and 1,266^th in The Communist Bloc for Most Patriotic, with 0.47 flags saluted per person per day.