The People's Republic of Socialist Anchora is a large, efficient nation, notable for its public floggings, avowedly heterosexual populace, and suspicion of poets. The compassionate, hard-working population of 196 million Socialist Anchorans are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 35.2%.

The very strong Socialist Anchoran economy, worth 10.4 trillion Bourgeoisies a year, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Book Publishing, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 53,090 Bourgeoisies, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.7 times as much as the poorest.

Every day has been a surprise since weather reporters turned to consulting ancient totems for their seven-day forecasts, immersive video game experiences are interrupted by incessant disclaimer pop-ups, dreams of replicator technology have been dashed following a ban on 3D printers, and people accuse the government of being in bed with Big Safety. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Socialist Anchora's national animal is the No Currency, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Socialist Anchora is ranked 252,195^th in the world and 11^th in Socialist Mode of Production for Most Cultured, scoring 63 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.