The Free Land of Annabel is a mammoth, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its frequent executions, zero percent divorce rate, and suspicion of poets. The compassionate population of 8.923 billion Annabelians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Social Policy, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 29.0%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Annabelian economy, worth 512 trillion marks a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Basket Weaving, Cheese Exports, and Information Technology. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 57,326 marks, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Fewer people are bathing as citizens must show ration stamps before they can turn on their faucets, drugs containing the compound "oleum de serpens" are being sold to cancer patients, Maxtopian tourists make expensive pilgrimages to Annabel City to enjoy their national art, and prison reforms have replaced communal luaus with communal loos. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Annabel's national animal is the porpoise, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Annabel is ranked 23,847^th in the world and 4^th in Serenity for Nicest Citizens, with 21.52 average smiles per day.