The Republic of Ansington is a gargantuan, safe nation, remarkable for its museums and concert halls, multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, and complete lack of prisons. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 20.825 billion Ansingtonians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The large, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Ansington City. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Ansingtonian economy, worth a remarkable 6,683 trillion Euros a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an amazing 320,958 Euros, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Tax revenue is often intercepted by international accountants before ever seeing the national treasury, attempts to inform people about their unclaimed property are often mistaken for telephone scams, construction of the Really Big Hadron Collider is underway, and the poor are forced into bankruptcy by their energy bills. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ansington's national animal is the Gray Wolf, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Ansington is ranked 7,078^th in the world and 49^th in Europe for Largest Manufacturing Sector, scoring 34,527.5 on the Gooback-Jerbs Productivity Index.