The Disputed Territories of Ambiant is a very large, safe nation, remarkable for its frequent executions, suspicion of poets, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, devout population of 365 million Ambiantians are prohibited from doing almost everything but make sure no one in government gets away with anything either.

The enormous, moralistic, socially-minded government prioritizes Law & Order, with Administration, Spirituality, and Defense also on the agenda. The average income tax rate is 66.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but sluggish Ambiantian economy, worth 7.09 trillion florins a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a large, well-organized, highly specialized black market in Retail, Trout Farming, Woodchip Exports, and Gambling. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 19,416 florins, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

The line of people waiting for a visa interview in front of foreign embassies is typically a mile long, young people never forget their first roommate — no matter how much counselling they have, city mayors have to get permission from parliament to take a vacation day, and posing for pictures is an integral part of military training. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ambiant's national animal is the porpoise.

Ambiant is ranked 279,427^th in the world and 9^th in Atropia for Highest Poor Incomes, with 12,351.03 Standard Monetary Units.