The Holy Empire of Andarra is a large, orderly nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, public floggings, and compulsory military service. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 56 million Andarrans are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

The medium-sized, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 20.8%.

The very strong Andarran economy, worth 3.51 trillion reais a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Woodchip Exports industry, with major contributions from Gambling, Arms Manufacturing, and Uranium Mining. Average income is 62,622 reais, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 236,690 per year while the poor average 11,527, a ratio of 20.5 to 1.

The new Liquor Legitimacy Office is besieged with job applications from people who have experience in "statistical sampling methods", sex offenders find themselves cut off from the ability to repeat their crimes, pet owners exercise their wolves at a snail's pace or risk prosecution, and torture is commonly used to extract information from suspected criminals. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Andarra's national animal is the wolf, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Andarra is ranked 114,461^st in the world and 2,707^th in the South Pacific for Safest, scoring 77.06 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.