The Commonwealth of Annamara is a colossal, socially progressive nation, ruled by Rusty Shackleford with an iron fist, and renowned for its rum-swilling pirates, keen interest in outer space, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, cynical, cheerful population of 3.674 billion Annamarans are ruled with an iron fist by the socialist government, which grants its people the freedom to do whatever they like so long as it doesn't involve getting richer than anybody else or challenging the government.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Lawrence. The average income tax rate is 92.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Annamaran economy, worth 452 trillion credits a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Trout Farming, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 123,029 credits, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

Comedians who make offensive jokes have their ticket proceeds seized, restaurants are required to specify whether their toilet paper was made in Annamara, internet sites are legally unable to stop their users from posting pornography, and elderly citizens regularly buy posh multimillion-credit mansions. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Annamara's national animal is the rabbit, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Science.

Annamara is ranked 9,238^th in the world and 214^th in Europe for Most Developed, scoring 91.05 on the Human Development Index.