The People's Red Republic of Andripa is a huge, cultured nation, remarkable for its keen interest in outer space, absence of drug laws, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 558 million Andripans 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, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Elysium. The average income tax rate is 77.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Andripan economy, worth 56.9 trillion kroner a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Trout Farming industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Information Technology, and Basket Weaving. Average income is an impressive 102,030 kroner, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Increasing numbers of children in Andripa have different eye and hair color to their supposed fathers, the Smalltopian embassy doubles as an electoral campaign headquarters, the seventh son of a seventh son is fated to be a millionaire, and there's a bright dawn ahead for Andripa. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Andripa's national animal is the cow, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Andripa is ranked 23,766^th in the world and 1^st in Elyria for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 226.5 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.