The Crystal Empire of Ameythstia is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Presidant Qrstyifar with an even hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, ubiquitous missile silos, and national health service. The compassionate population of 2.268 billion Ameythstians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Sharderia. The average income tax rate is 69.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Ameythstian economy, worth 267 trillion Crystals a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Trout Farming. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 117,910 Crystals, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

A century of peace does not preclude peace negotiations, military pistols are more secure than the national treasury, the nation's soldiers sleep four to a bed in order to use space economically, and woe-is-me olympics is the fastest growing collegiate sport. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ameythstia's national animal is the Salmon, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Nothing.

Ameythstia is ranked 26,408^th in the world and 31^st in Aesica for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 268.47 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.