The Sovereign Commonwealth of Amstein is a titanic, genial nation, ruled by King James-Augustus with an even hand, and renowned for its keen interest in outer space, smutty television, and free-roaming dinosaurs. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful, devout population of 13.53 billion Amsteinians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Kingsmouth. The average income tax rate is 71.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Amsteinian economy, worth a remarkable 2,782 trillion Commonwealth credits a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 205,681 Commonwealth credits, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

A sledgehammer and a spray can are seen as the default tools of political debate, businesses that prove successful are immediately broken up, Amsteinian diplomacy is by the book, and police officers often head to work wearing onesies and fluffy pink bunny-slippers. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Amstein's national animal is the Lynx, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Amstein is ranked 212,460^th in the world and 397^th in Europe for Largest Black Market, with 394 billion Standard Monetary Units.