The Federal Republic of Anavero is a massive, orderly nation, ruled by President Dimitri Serovich with an iron fist, and remarkable for its keen interest in outer space, complete lack of prisons, and ubiquitous missile silos. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 4.923 billion Anaveroans 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 large, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Tresnistan. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 86.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Anaveroan economy, worth 677 trillion Anaveroan Rubles a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Woodchip Exports, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is an impressive 137,688 Anaveroan Rubles, with the richest citizens earning 5.4 times as much as the poorest.

Scientists are researching the best way to kill off humanity to prevent catastrophic war, the possibility of gain causes universal pain, schoolchildren must pass a six-month Ethics and Safety Committee Assessment before they are allowed to mix baking soda and vinegar, and lovesick people are told 'it's not them, it's you'. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Anavero's national animal is the Kamchatka Brown Bear, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Anaveroan Orthodoxy.

Anavero is ranked 284,122^nd in the world and 153^rd in Anteria for Nicest Citizens, with 0.31 average smiles per day.