The Republic of Angst is a mammoth, safe nation, notable for its frequent executions, public floggings, and zero percent divorce rate. The quiet, industrious population of 6.985 billion Angstians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Education, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 39.3%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Angstian economy, worth 332 trillion dollars a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Basket Weaving industry, with major contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Trout Farming. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 47,592 dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.5 times as much as the poorest.

People's charity begins and ends at home, adult magazines are having a sales resurgence as internet anonymity disappears, weird kids who eat bugs are breaking the law, and the nationalistic national anthem inspires citizens to literally spit at foreigners. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Angst's national animal is the unicorn.

Angst is ranked 292,448^th in the world and 5,621^st in eta for Most Developed, scoring 50.68 on the Human Development Index.