The Woodhouse Sanctum of Amazon-1 is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its ritual sacrifices, daily referendums, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 27.477 billion Amazon-1ians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The large government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Administration, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 67.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Amazon-1ian economy, worth a remarkable 2,280 trillion $$s a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Automobile Manufacturing, and Information Technology. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 82,991 $$s, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.7 times as much as the poorest.

Everything stops come summertime, visitors to Amazon-1 are microchipped and must be escorted by an Amazon-1ian soldier - even to the bathroom, pharmacists increasingly claim they are morally obligated to take long lunches, and weekly religious services often resemble campaign rallies. 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 226,267^th in the world and 1^st in Amazon River for Largest Cheese Export Sector, scoring 256.2 on the Mozzarella Productivity Index.