The Federal Republic of Aneth is a huge, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its keen interest in outer space, smutty television, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, devout population of 343 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 are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Aneth City. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 18.2%.

The powerhouse Anethian economy, worth 30.1 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 87,882 Dollars, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 282,208 per year while the poor average 20,744, a ratio of 13.6 to 1.

Group hugs break out during floor votes, internet trolls are considered valiant supporters of the right to free speech, the installation of street lights across remote goat tracks has left citizens bemused, and Eau de Trashcan has become a wildly popular perfume. Crime is a major 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 231,267^th in the world and 4,644^th in The North Pacific for Most Primitive, scoring -109.44 on the Scary Big Number Scale.