The Matriarchy of Amaranthian is a huge, socially progressive nation, renowned for its museums and concert halls, national health service, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic population of 844 million Amaranthianians 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, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 60.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Amaranthianian economy, worth 28.5 trillion lire 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 Furniture Restoration, Retail, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Average income is 33,726 lire, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Streaming video is considered to be a myth by most citizens, even the most lowly council pen-pusher has the same political power as a senior minister, the government considers the rising number of McRonald's fast food restaurants to be great progress, and skateparks can be found in every city. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Amaranthian's national animal is the whale shark, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Amaranthian is ranked 258,083^rd in the world and 600^th in Horizon for Largest Cheese Export Sector, scoring -3.58 on the Mozzarella Productivity Index.