The Democratic Republic of Anvilia is a small, genial nation, renowned for its frequent executions, irreverence towards religion, and absence of drug laws. The compassionate, hard-working, cynical population of 32 million Anvilians are proud of their wide-ranging civil freedoms, and those who aren't tend to be dragged off the streets by men in dark suits and hustled into cars with tinted windows.

The tiny, liberal government prioritizes Welfare, with Education, Healthcare, and Environment also on the agenda, while Spirituality and Law & Order aren't funded at all. The average income tax rate is 9.1%.

The strong Anvilian economy, worth 2.18 trillion Dabloons a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Woodchip Exports, Book Publishing, and Basket Weaving. Average income is 68,022 Dabloons, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.6 times as much as the poorest.

Patriotic parents remind their children to drink plenty of water, the only way to escape lengthy prison terms is in a body bag, the government's foreign policy statements are less threatening than a World Assembly cease-and-desist letter, and protesters against the government are hanged as a warning to others. Crime is well under control. Anvilia's national animal is the Coconut Crab, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Anvilia is ranked 79,343^rd in the world and 116^th in The Communist Bloc for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, scoring 3,091.22 on the Henry Ford Productivity Index.