The Principality of Ambresis is a small, genial nation, notable for its irreverence towards religion, devotion to social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The democratic population of 32 million Ambrians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Administration, and Education. The average income tax rate is 22.2%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Ambresisian economy, worth 1.58 trillion Souverins a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Retail. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 49,235 Souverins, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Motorists must pay to enter inner-cities during peak hours, Air Ambresis is rumored to receive more government funding than the Ambresisian Air Force, no animal is considered endangered if there's another that looks kind of like it, and ports have ground to a halt as no boat can reach them without trespassing. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Ambresis's national animal is the Lion, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Ambresis is ranked 271,174^th in the world and 267^th in The Land of Kings and Emperors for Largest Populations, with 32.0 million capita.