The Most Serene Republic of Ambivalence is a huge, safe nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, compulsory military service, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 427 million Ambivalenceans enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The medium-sized, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Skyward. The average income tax rate is 22.4%.

The strong Ambivalencean economy, worth 26.1 trillion pounds a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Uranium Mining industry, with major contributions from Woodchip Exports, Gambling, and Retail. Average income is 61,120 pounds, with the richest citizens earning 5.1 times as much as the poorest.

Directors of low-budget sci-fi films are flocking to use Skyward as a backdrop, oil rigs in winter are heated by contained oil slick fires, the media seems excessively interested in what Leader is wearing this season, and urban graffiti is hand-calligraphed in perfectly kerned elegant fonts. Crime, especially youth-related, is almost non-existent, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ambivalence's national animal is the falcon, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Ambivalence is ranked 157,981^st in the world and 70^th in The new Atlantic federation frontier for Most Extensive Public Healthcare, scoring 1,155.14 on the Theresa-Nightingale Rating.