The Holy Empire of Amberlena is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by Empress Ariie with an iron fist, and notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, complete lack of prisons, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 17.392 billion Amberlenans enjoy great individual freedoms in everything except elections, which, where they exist at all, are populist shams for a dictatorship government that has no intention of ever giving up power.

The minute, corrupt, pro-business, well-organized government, or what there is of one, is solely concerned with Spirituality. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Rossi Palace. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 1.5%.

The enormous but inefficient Amberlenan economy, worth a remarkable 1,106 trillion Fenns a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Gambling industry, with significant contributions from Retail, Pizza Delivery, and Soda Sales. Average income is 63,621 Fenns, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 355,873 per year while the poor average 5,655, a ratio of 62.9 to 1.

Dandruff and athlete's foot are seen as signs of physical beauty, burnt-out forty-foot-tall wicker men dot the countryside, pausing for applause during a speech is seen as a form of censorship, and press conferences always end with standing ovations and rapturous applause. Crime, especially youth-related, is all-pervasive, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Amberlena's national animal is the Sea Otter, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Unorthodox Christianity.

Amberlena is ranked 174,984^th in the world and 143^rd in The Western Isles for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring 844.66 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.