The Holy Empire of Andarra is a large, safe nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, compulsory military service, and public floggings. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 97 million Andarrans are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 26.9%.

The strong Andarran economy, worth 5.55 trillion reais a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Woodchip Exports industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Arms Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. Average income is 57,175 reais, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.5 times as much as the poorest.

The new Liquor Legitimacy Office is besieged with job applications from people who have experience in "statistical sampling methods", sex offenders find themselves cut off from the ability to repeat their crimes, pet owners exercise their wolves at a snail's pace or risk prosecution, and torture is commonly used to extract information from suspected criminals. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Andarra's national animal is the wolf, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Andarra is ranked 66,773^rd in the world and 1,149^th in the South Pacific for Most Patriotic, with 21.1 flags saluted per person per day.