The Federal Republic of Aneth is a huge, efficient nation, notable for its rum-swilling pirates, multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, and daily referendums. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, devout population of 319 million Anethians are effectively ruled by a group of massive corporations, who run for political office and provide their well-off citizens with world-class goods and services. Their poorer citizens, however, are mostly starving to death while being urged to go out and get real jobs. The populace has reasonably extensive civil rights, although these are mostly aimed at allowing them to buy whatever they like.

The relatively small government is dominated by the Department of Defense, although Industry, Healthcare, and Law & Order are also considered important, while International Aid and Welfare receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Aneth City. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 17.8%.

The powerhouse Anethian economy, worth 28.0 trillion Dollars a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Gambling, Retail, and Information Technology. Average income is 87,781 Dollars, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 276,573 per year while the poor average 21,302, a ratio of 13.0 to 1.

Torture is commonly used to extract information from suspected criminals, most believe it doesn't hurt to embrace free trade, the hardest thing for a mining operation to dig through is government red tape, and the nation operates a "finders-keepers" policy with other nations' citizens. Crime is a serious problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Aneth's national animal is the Phoenix, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Aneth is ranked 108,944^th in the world and 3,049^th in The North Pacific for Most Cultured, scoring 66 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.