The Republic of Amadeus-1 is a gargantuan, efficient nation, remarkable for its smutty television, avowedly heterosexual populace, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, devout population of 16.303 billion Amadeus-1ians 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, corrupt, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 42.0%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Amadeus-1ian economy, worth a remarkable 1,481 trillion asdfs a year, is fairly diversified and dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Automobile Manufacturing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 90,879 asdfs, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.7 times as much as the poorest.

Every day's an auto-de-fé day, the Man in the Plastic Mask has been imprisoned in the Capital Penitentiary, no-one can foil the ambitions of Big Aluminium, and skateboarding is punishable by heavy fines. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Amadeus-1's national animal is the asdf, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Amadeus-1 is ranked 104,221^st in the world and 1^st in Wien for Lowest Crime Rates, with 65.37 law-abiding acts per hour.