The Republic of Ammo is a small, orderly nation, renowned for its compulsory military service, restrictive gun laws, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 23 million Ammoans are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

The relatively small, moralistic, pro-business, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Education. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 11.6%.

The thriving Ammoan economy, worth 1.54 trillion betales a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Woodchip Exports, and Book Publishing. Average income is 66,941 betales, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 253,015 per year while the poor average 12,322, a ratio of 20.5 to 1.

The latest Harry Potter book is a bestseller, military spending recently hit a new high, and many friends and relatives of Leader have been given ambassador jobs in tropical island nations. Crime, especially youth-related, is relatively low, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ammo's national animal is the bovina, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Ammo is ranked 170,577^th in the world and 345^th in United States of America for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 1,044.26 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.