The Pelagic Borderlands of Ambia Strata is a huge, genial nation, remarkable for its national health service, devotion to social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, devout population of 714 million Ambia Stratans enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The enormous, liberal, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Firmament Soma. The average income tax rate is 79.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Ambia Stratan economy, worth 63.6 trillion mils a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Basket Weaving, and Retail. Average income is 89,139 mils, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

A large-scale revitalization of the education system is underway, a sudden shout of "surprise!" does not herald a party for teachers, Ambia Stratan novella fans become unusually flustered when thinking about Leader, and students consistently complain that the wi-fi ate their homework. Crime is totally unknown. Ambia Strata's national animal is the axolotl, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Ambia Strata is ranked 88,729^th in the world and 117^th in Wintreath for Lowest Crime Rates, with 69.29 law-abiding acts per hour.