The New Year of Annondor is a gargantuan, orderly nation, ruled by Admiral Stork with an iron fist, and remarkable for its compulsory vegetarianism, zero percent divorce rate, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, cynical, cheerful population of 45.5 billion Annondorians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The large, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of NewYear City. The average income tax rate is 73.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Annondorian economy, worth a remarkable 7,303 trillion euros a year, is quite specialized and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, Information Technology, and Retail. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 160,524 euros, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Mums always ask their three-year-olds for permission before hugging them, delivery truck companies use hospital parking lots to store 16-wheelers, the immigration office has an express line for people bringing cash in briefcases, and government bureaucrats review designs for birdhouses to ensure they do not block the views of neighbors. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Annondor's national animal is the stork, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Atheism.

Annondor is ranked 1^st in the world and 1^st in Ztorque for Lowest Crime Rates, with zero law-abiding acts per hour.