The Federation of Andstions is a huge, genial nation, ruled by Angela with an even hand, and remarkable for its smutty television, keen interest in outer space, and compulsory military service. The compassionate, hard-working population of 818 million Andstionsians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Andstion. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 68.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Andstionsian economy, worth 89.7 trillion Tions a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is an impressive 109,636 Tions, with the richest citizens earning 6.3 times as much as the poorest.

The tinfoil-hat crowd also recommend tinfoil wallets, the thin blue line is composed of picketing police officers demanding better pensions, flatulent people are left to die of cancer at the end of hospital waiting lists, and mantis shrimp studies is academia's fastest-growing field. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Andstions's national animal is the Black Panther, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Andstions is ranked 19,289^th in the world and 981^st in The North Pacific for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 265.31 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.