The Federation of Andolel is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Boon Faldor with a fair hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, anti-smoking policies, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 1.737 billion Andolelians love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of High Culloch. The average income tax rate is 83.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Andolelian economy, worth 183 trillion Andolel Pounds a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Average income is an impressive 105,389 Andolel Pounds, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

People seem disproportionately distraught when told a museum has a phones-off policy, the installation of street lights across remote goat tracks has left citizens bemused, the latest Harry Potter book is a bestseller, and Andolelians are regularly fired for looking at MyFace during their lunch breaks. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Andolel's national animal is the Otter, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is The Worship of Silly Goose.

Andolel is ranked 10,913^th in the world and 505^th in The North Pacific for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 55.21 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.