The Trans-Ascendant Empyrea of The Galactic American Imperium is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by President Kaeso with an iron fist, and notable for its sprawling nuclear power plants, otherworldly petting zoo, and frequent executions. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 7.517 billion Imperial Americans are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government is primarily concerned with Defense, although Industry, Education, and Law & Order are also considered important, while Welfare and Spirituality aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of New Americana. The average income tax rate is 99.7%.

The frighteningly efficient American economy, worth a remarkable 4,890 trillion Interstellar Imperial Dollars 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 Information Technology and Arms Manufacturing. 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 650,581 Interstellar Imperial Dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

President Kaeso's office has a newly installed Max-Man arcade game programmed by a 5th-grader, crowded passenger trains are near-silent save for the soft tap of fingers on touchscreens, a faint smell of body odour can be detected at several miles' distance from the National Science Park, and doctors prescribe medicines but they rarely dispense hope or compassion. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Galactic American Imperium's national animal is the Imperial Abyss Eagle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution, and its national religion is State Atheism.

The Galactic American Imperium is ranked 284,289^th in the world and 836^th in 10000 Islands for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 13.9 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.