The United Kingdom of Lower Antegria is a huge, socially progressive nation, renowned for its keen interest in outer space, avant-garde cinema, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, democratic population of 258 million Lower Antegrians love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The large, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Calliope. The average income tax rate is 60.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Lower Antegrian economy, worth 24.1 trillion Gennels a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Woodchip Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 93,317 Gennels, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

Group hugs break out during floor votes, banning party poppers has been a real party pooper, youth rights demonstrations often end in vicious snowball fights, and photos of picturesque coastal buildings are set against a backdrop of smokestacks and ship hulls. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Lower Antegria's national animal is the Xoloitzcuintli, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Lower Antegria is ranked 37,314^th in the world and 52^nd in Karma for Highest Foreign Aid Spending, scoring 790.13 on the Clooney Contribution Index.