The Empire of Anathland is a massive, genial nation, renowned for its smutty television, complete lack of prisons, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, democratic population of 1.539 billion Anathlandians 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 large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 56.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Anathlandian economy, worth 70.5 trillion Scarabs a year, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Furniture Restoration, and Trout Farming. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 45,816 Scarabs, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The country has been 'going shopping' by annexing nearby nations for their resources, a PhD just ain't what it used to be, pulling weeds is seen as a threat to national security, and military pilots spend more time scraping feathers off their engines than flying their aircraft. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Anathland's national animal is the Cat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Anathland is ranked 13,578^th in the world and 806^th in Osiris for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 54.3 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.