The Republic of Amyland-Gothic is a massive, socially progressive nation, notable for its ban on automobiles, compulsory military service, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, cynical population of 1.262 billion Amyland-Gothicians are ruled with an iron fist by the socialist government, which grants its people the freedom to do whatever they like so long as it doesn't involve getting richer than anybody else or challenging the government.

The enormous, corrupt, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Administration, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 75.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but sluggish Amyland-Gothician economy, worth 42.5 trillion Intimate Cuddles a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Pizza Delivery, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is 33,706 Intimate Cuddles, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The children of Amyland-Gothic are often remarked upon for their cheery attitude to extreme violence, ranchers are adept at mimicking wolf attacks, lovesick people are told 'it's not them, it's you', and armed war-criminals gain asylum if deemed 'fabulous' enough. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Amyland-Gothic's national animal is the Meow, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Amyland-Gothic is ranked 50,005^th in the world and 3,126^th in Lazarus for Lowest Crime Rates, with 74.18 law-abiding acts per hour.