The Commonwealth of Annamara is a colossal, genial nation, ruled by Rusty Shackleford with an iron fist, and remarkable for its keen interest in outer space, lack of airports, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, cynical, cheerful population of 3.799 billion Annamarans are proud of their wide-ranging civil freedoms, and those who aren't tend to be dragged off the streets by men in dark suits and hustled into cars with tinted windows.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Lawrence. The average income tax rate is 92.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Annamaran economy, worth 468 trillion credits a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Trout Farming, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 123,339 credits, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

Mantis shrimp studies is academia's fastest-growing field, AI chess masters play the Bongcloud opening to mock their human opponents, pillows outnumber picket signs at most workers rallies, and lobotomies haven't been the same after the practice was severed. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Annamara's national animal is the rabbit, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Science.

Annamara is ranked 7,634^th in the world and 127^th in Europe for Highest Average Tax Rates, with 92.44 Effective Tax Rate.