The Republic of Amderma is a massive, safe nation, renowned for its zero percent divorce rate, pith helmet sales, and compulsory gun ownership. The compassionate, cynical, devout population of 1.077 billion Amdermen are prohibited from doing almost everything but make sure no one in government gets away with anything either.

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 50.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Amderman economy, worth 97.8 trillion Ducats a year, is quite specialized and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Woodchip Exports, and Basket Weaving. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 90,840 Ducats, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.7 times as much as the poorest.

Politicians always seem to take two steps forward then three steps back, sales of pregnancy testing kits are booming, the nation's police officers are famously miserable-looking, and auditors are gutting every governmental department. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Amderma's national animal is the Bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Amderma is ranked 288,980^th in the world and 737^th in Novaya Zemlya for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring -9.7 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.