The United Socialist States of Ancalagonia is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Speaker Jackson with an even hand, and notable for its state-planned economy, anti-smoking policies, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate population of 1.267 billion Ancalagonians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Maknovia. The average income tax rate is 82.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Ancalagonian economy, worth 120 trillion credits 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 mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Trout Farming, Basket Weaving, and Tourism. Average income is 94,936 credits, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The bonfire of the old paper records can be seen for miles around Maknovia, escaped birthday balloons are torpedoed out of the sky, there's never enough space in space, and replacement organs are grown in vats. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ancalagonia's national animal is the greyhound, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Ancalagonia is ranked 284,461^st in the world and 6,097^th in The North Pacific for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring -14.18 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.