The Greater Republic of American Orion is a gargantuan, orderly nation, ruled by President Demetrius Volk with an iron fist, and notable for its avowedly heterosexual populace, triple-decker prams, and compulsory military service. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 25.457 billion American Citizens are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The relatively small, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, although Law & Order, Industry, and Administration are also considered important, while Social Policy and Environment receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Washington Prime. The average income tax rate is 31.5%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient American Orionian economy, worth an astonishing 16,341 trillion Orion Credits a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched, broadly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Retail. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is a breathtaking 641,932 Orion Credits, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

Military parades quietly tiptoe their way through the streets, ambitious "businessmen" use their children to sell and advertise their products, motorists must pay to enter inner-cities during peak hours, and the police have been known to wiretap confessional boxes. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. American Orion's national animal is the American Aquila, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Solarian Christianity.

American Orion is ranked 285,764^th in the world and 2^nd in Greatlands for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 2.06 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.