The Woodhouse Sanctum of Amazon-1 is a gargantuan, efficient nation, notable for its public floggings, keen interest in outer space, and pith helmet sales. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 26.997 billion Amazon-1ians 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 large government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Administration, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 66.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Amazon-1ian economy, worth a remarkable 2,301 trillion $$s a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Tourism, and Automobile Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 85,263 $$s, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.6 times as much as the poorest.

The future is monochrome, government negotiators never forget to say "pretty please" when begging for custody of its criminals, photos of picturesque coastal buildings are set against a backdrop of smokestacks and ship hulls, and all judiciary cases are decided in the court of public opinion. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Amazon-1's national animal is the eagle, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Amazon-1 is ranked 79,949^th in the world and 1^st in Amazon River for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 114.71 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.