The Federation of Andolel is a massive, genial nation, ruled by Boon Faldor with a fair hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, state-planned economy, and pith helmet sales. The compassionate, democratic population of 1.685 billion Andolelians love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, corrupt, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of High Culloch. The average income tax rate is 83.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Andolelian economy, worth 179 trillion Andolel Pounds a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 106,387 Andolel Pounds, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Not many kids know Shakespeare's Hamlet but most of them have seen unofficial sequel Hamlet III - The Search For Osric, wars of expansion are described as "peacekeeping operations", the automotive industry soaks up huge government handouts, and captains must wait until all rats are safe before jumping ship. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Andolel's national animal is the Otter, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is The Worship of Silly Goose.

Andolel is ranked 70,221^st in the world and 1,571^st in The North Pacific for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, scoring 3,427.75 on the Henry Ford Productivity Index.