The Principality of Ambresis is a small, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its irreverence towards religion, devotion to social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The democratic population of 40 million Ambrians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Administration, and Education. The average income tax rate is 22.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Ambresisian economy, worth 2.09 trillion Souverins a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Retail. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 52,184 Souverins, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The native owl population is in permanent hibernation, a little pushing and pulling is needed for big ships to pass, passionate nomination battles are often as intense as general elections, and jail house rock has been replaced with jail house golden oldies. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Ambresis's national animal is the Lion.

Ambresis is ranked 136,052^nd in the world and 241^st in The Land of Kings and Emperors for Most Patriotic, with 11.46 flags saluted per person per day.