The Colony of Andstartwest is a mammoth, efficient nation, ruled by William Lee with an even hand, and renowned for its vat-grown people, sprawling nuclear power plants, and complete lack of prisons. The hard-nosed, humorless population of 6.32 billion Andstartwestians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Tangier. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 80.4%.

The frighteningly efficient Andstartwestian economy, worth a remarkable 1,242 trillion bms a year, is fairly diversified and dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Retail. Black market activity is extensive. Average income is an impressive 196,675 bms, with the richest citizens earning 5.5 times as much as the poorest.

A bureaucratic fight over AIA cafeteria food expenditures has caused the temporary suspension of all agency counterintelligence operations, many politicians are having to do a hard day's work for the first time in their careers, citizens need to demonstrate a complete set of dental records to throw five bucks in a hobo's hat, and triple black diamond is the only ski difficulty. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Andstartwest's national animal is the cockroach, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Andstartwest is ranked 13,775^th in the world and 1^st in Islands of Hypnerotomachia for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 4,333.97 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.