The Allied States of Ampersample is a huge, orderly nation, notable for its prohibition of alcohol, otherworldly petting zoo, and stringent health and safety legislation. The cynical population of 595 million Ampersampleans are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The large, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Healthcare, and Law & Order. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 43.3%.

The strong Ampersamplean economy, worth 37.9 trillion Mini Mints a year, is led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Furniture Restoration, Arms Manufacturing, and Cheese Exports. Black market activity is extensive. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 63,635 Mini Mints, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 207,330 per year while the poor average 14,703, a ratio of 14.1 to 1.

Tourists soak their luggage in boiling water before unpacking, the "temporary replacement bus service" is now a permanent fixture, Pinkerton agents are called in to forcibly break up white collar strikes, and Red Cross demand for body bags is rising while sutures go unused. Crime, especially youth-related, is relatively low, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ampersample's national animal is the Poyo, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Ampersample is ranked 300,652^nd in the world and 37^th in Amperregion for Longest Average Lifespans, with 59.64 years.