The High Athelingric of Camberus is a mammoth, efficient nation, ruled by Asher Wiley with an iron fist, and notable for its frequent executions, disturbing lack of elderly people, and prohibition of alcohol. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 8.039 billion Camberusians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Osearwynn. The average income tax rate is 72.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Camberusian economy, worth a remarkable 1,132 trillion pounds a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Woodchip Exports, and Basket Weaving. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 140,858 pounds, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.5 times as much as the poorest.

Candlelit dinners are less romantic with a flickering LED, drugs containing the compound "oleum de serpens" are being sold to cancer patients, refugee camp conversions to Adoptionism are increasingly common, and terrorist videos start by thanking their sponsors. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Camberus's national animal is the snow leopard, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Adoptionism.

Camberus is ranked 237,734^th in the world and 1^st in Camberus for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -5.16 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.