The Armed Republic of Andslando is a large, genial nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, compulsory military service, and suspicion of poets. The compassionate, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 74 million Andslandoans are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Law & Order, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 30.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Andslandoan economy, worth 4.18 trillion silver coins a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Automobile Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Furniture Restoration, and Information Technology. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 56,440 silver coins, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

The question "please would you...?" is usually laden with passive aggression, the government frequently panders to parents with boutique tax credits, there's never a spare chair in the retirement home, and on graduation day the hats thrown in the air fly high enough to stun passing pigeons. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Andslando's national animal is the giraffe, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Andslando is ranked 239,810^th in the world and 103^rd in Covenant Shores for Most Extensive Civil Rights, with 27.89 Martin Luther King, Jr. Units.