The Grand Federal Republic of Astana-Anders is a huge, genial nation, ruled by Lord President Joseph Vargas with an even hand, and remarkable for its rum-swilling pirates, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate population of 779 million Anderians enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The enormous, liberal government prioritizes Education, with Administration, Welfare, and Environment also on the agenda, while Defense and Law & Order aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Omni City. The average income tax rate is 82.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Anderian economy, worth 75.9 trillion Liens 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 mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing and Automobile Manufacturing. Average income is 97,411 Liens, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government is a clear-cut case of tyranny by majority, 3D printed organs are a breath of new life for the sick and elderly, Astana-Anders's children are widely acknowledged as the most foul-mouthed in the region, and the wreckages of bombed planes that litter Astana-Anders are highly popular tourist destinations. Crime is totally unknown. Astana-Anders's national animal is the Fox, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Astana-Anders is ranked 84,533^rd in the world and 21^st in Northern Utopia for Highest Drug Use, scoring 76.4 on the Pineapple Fondness Rating.