The Republic of Anchors Islands is a huge, safe nation, remarkable for its unlimited-speed roads, compulsory military service, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-working, democratic population of 297 million Anchors Islandsians are known throughout the region for their efficiency and work ethic, as well as their general suspicion of leisure.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Law & Order, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Anchors. The average income tax rate is 29.1%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Anchors Islandsian economy, worth 23.2 trillion Anchors a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 78,128 Anchors, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.0 times as much as the poorest.

Economists claim no news is good news, helicopter parenting is on the rise, citizens are bombarded with advertising from their compulsory miniature radios, and streakers swamp all public events in order to bare it all. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Anchors Islands's national animal is the Starfish, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Anchors Islands is ranked 212,306^th in the world and 4,051^st in the South Pacific for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 49.5 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.