The Commonwealth of Anaarding is a huge, safe nation, notable for its state-planned economy and compulsory military service. The compassionate, democratic population of 559 million Anaardingians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Welfare, and Education. The average income tax rate is 48.6%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but sluggish Anaardingian economy, worth 13.0 trillion holois a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Beef-Based Agriculture industry, with major contributions from Retail, Trout Farming, and Basket Weaving. Average income is 23,239 holois, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Satellite images show safe electoral constituencies in complete darkness, newlywed misogynists complain about their wives keeping their maiden names, domestic fishermen fly the Anaardingian flag out of fear of being blown up, and it is a silent spring in Anaarding. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Anaarding's national animal is the gresko, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Anaarding is ranked 183,624^th in the world and 341^st in Starlight for Most Secular, with 16.58 Atheism Rate.