The Illuminated Kingdom of The Ambis is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Santa with an even hand, and renowned for its ritual sacrifices, parental licensing program, and anti-smoking policies. The compassionate, hard-working, cheerful, devout population of 6.481 billion Ambisians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Elios. The average income tax rate is 95.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Ambisian economy, worth a remarkable 1,331 trillion Sca'ars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, quite specialized black market in Tourism, Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Basket Weaving. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an amazing 205,468 Sca'ars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Politicians look weirdly alike, the nation's taxpayers pay for foreign governments' extravagances, bowls of milk left on windowsills please fairies and passing cats alike, and molehills are the only mountains deemed safe enough for the public. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. The Ambis's national animal is the Axolotl, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is Illuminatism.

The Ambis is ranked 71,500^th in the world and 56^th in Thaecia for Most Patriotic, with 23.29 flags saluted per person per day.