The United Republic of Ammaroth is a titanic, genial nation, ruled by High Councillor Temperance Howell with a fair hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, keen interest in outer space, and restrictive gun laws. The compassionate, democratic population of 19.418 billion Ammarothians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Arcadia. The average income tax rate is 93.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Ammarothian economy, worth a remarkable 2,884 trillion Amaroes a year, is quite specialized and dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 148,548 Amaroes, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

Tabloids publicly shun nurses for not calling home on the weekends, teenagers claim that morning paper rounds are performance art, even secular Ammarothians are shouting "Blessed are the cheesemakers!", and code enforcement officers circle wealthy Ammarothians like vultures. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ammaroth's national animal is the Gilded eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Ammaroth is ranked 6,135^th in the world and 134^th in the Pacific for Most Developed, scoring 93.65 on the Human Development Index.