The Republic of 471st Angel of The Army is a huge, cultured nation, remarkable for its infamous sell-swords, ritual sacrifices, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed population of 641 million 471st Angel of The Armyians 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 Law & Order, Defense, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 30.0%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The 471st Angel of The Armyian economy, worth 32.9 trillion transcendental hopes a year, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Basket Weaving, Tourism, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 51,270 transcendental hopes, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

Every week is blindness awareness week, voting is voluntary, livestock mutilations are on the rise, and the silencing of dissent speaks volumes about the quality of 471st Angel of The Armyian democracy. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. 471st Angel of The Army's national animal is the denizen.

471st Angel of The Army is ranked 62,603^rd in the world and 24^th in The Heavenly Host for Largest Black Market, with 1.65 trillion Standard Monetary Units.