The Democratic States of British Amsterdam is a huge, orderly nation, notable for its ubiquitous missile silos. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 732 million Amsterdammers are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The relatively small government is primarily concerned with Defense, although Law & Order and Education are also considered important, while International Aid and Spirituality aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The Hague. The average income tax rate is 9.9%.

The very strong British-Dutch economy, worth 52.0 trillion Pound sterlings a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Trout Farming, Uranium Mining, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Average income is 71,057 Pound sterlings, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.5 times as much as the poorest.

Puppies given out free in marketing promotions are often tossed straight into the trash, confessions don't count if suffixed with "izzle", CSI Forest is this year's hit new crime show, and the intelligence community is playing 4-D chess with an imaginary spy network. Crime, especially youth-related, is almost non-existent, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. British Amsterdam's national animal is the lion, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

British Amsterdam is ranked 5,036^th in the world and 41^st in Europe for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring 11,581.18 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.