The Incorporated States of Discounts is a very large, socially progressive nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, irreverence towards religion, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 481 million Discountsians enjoy some of the most opulent lifestyles in the region, unless they are unemployed or working-class, in which case they are variously starving to death or crippled by easily preventable diseases.

The tiny government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Education, and Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 5.7%.

The thriving Discountsian economy, worth 36.1 trillion Barters a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Gambling industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Soda Sales, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Average income is 75,057 Barters, with the richest citizens earning 9.9 times as much as the poorest.

Discounts has been greatly criticised for its isolationist policies, government bureaucrats devote many man-hours to trying to measure unquantifiables, prankster scientists legally change their names to silly pseudonyms before major discoveries, and Mr Happy's Funland has just been named Discounts's new capital. Crime is moderate, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Discounts's national animal is the The Haggle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Discounts is ranked 93,968^th in the world and 3^rd in Office Space for Highest Average Incomes, with 75,057.1 Standard Monetary Units.