The Allied States of Amperslander is a very large, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its public floggings, keen interest in outer space, and ubiquitous missile silos. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 427 million Amperslanderians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The large, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. The average income tax rate is 51.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Amperslanderian economy, worth 26.4 trillion Mini Mints a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Arms Manufacturing, and Basket Weaving. Average income is 61,783 Mini Mints, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

Candlelit dinners are less romantic with a flickering LED, many politicians are serving jail time for minor drug offenses, the state-controlled media salutes those about to spy, and crops are flattened as farmers bludgeon insects to death. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Amperslander's national animal is the Poyo, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Amperslander is ranked 236,888^th in the world and 25^th in Amperregion for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 29,779.88 Standard Monetary Units.