The Discount Sopomarket of Ambrella is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Sopo Sopopopolis with an even hand, and notable for its rum-swilling pirates, keen interest in outer space, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, hard-working, humorless, devout population of 40.197 billion Ambrellans are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The minute, corrupt government, or what there is of one, is primarily concerned with Spirituality, with Education and Industry also on the agenda, while Social Policy and Welfare receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Unionville d'Ambrella. Income tax is unheard of.

The frighteningly efficient Ambrellan economy, worth a remarkable 9,709 trillion soprics a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Gambling industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Retail, and Information Technology. Average income is an amazing 241,554 soprics, with the richest citizens earning 8.3 times as much as the poorest.

Recognizing the Ambrellan flag qualifies you for citizenship, people who have never eaten chicken are told it tastes a bit like crocodile, arthritic surgeons with tremulous fingers reassure patients that they are in safe hands, and boys who take just one date to the high school prom are called 'losers'. Crime, especially youth-related, is all-pervasive, probably because of the absence of a police force. Ambrella's national animal is the Azure Flamingo, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Allerb'ma.

Ambrella is ranked 645^th in the world and 3^rd in Europeia for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 22,797.29 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.