The Republic of Andel I is a titanic, cultured nation, ruled by Erik Kirsch with an iron fist, and notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, aversion to nipples, and soft-spoken computers. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 16.409 billion Andelians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Dammelburg. The average income tax rate is 31.2%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Andelian economy, worth a remarkable 1,837 trillion Euros a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, broadly diversified black market in Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, Automobile Manufacturing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an impressive 112,007 Euros, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.5 times as much as the poorest.

Hammer and sickle-wielding space marines are such stuff that dreams are made on, dog owners proudly declare that their pups can predict when the mailman will arrive, citizens have never heard foreign radio, and restaurants cater to pregnancy cravings. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Andel I's national animal is the Wolf, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Andel I is ranked 260,038^th in the world and 2^nd in Hyperandrea for Least Corrupt Governments, with 88.23 percentage of bribes refused.