The Federation of Engine Unions is a huge, socially progressive nation, notable for its rum-swilling pirates, barren, inhospitable landscape, and deadly medical pandemics. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 758 million Engine Unionists are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The tiny, pro-business government is primarily concerned with Industry, with Education and Administration also on the agenda, while International Aid and Environment aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Union Street. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 4.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Engine Unionist economy, worth 105 trillion Union State Dollars a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Soda Sales, and Pizza Delivery. Average income is an impressive 138,955 Union State Dollars, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 800,011 per year while the poor average 11,568, a ratio of 69.2 to 1.

Exam halls are littered with used needles and empty pill bottles, men avoid even so much as looking at female colleagues, the nation faces constant invasions by foreign boy bands, and one can walk from one side of Union Street to the other without setting foot on Engine Unionist soil. Crime, especially youth-related, is pervasive, probably because of the absence of a police force. Engine Unions's national animal is the beaver, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Engine Unions is ranked 329,650^th in the world and 4,761^st in The North Pacific for Lowest Crime Rates, with 14.17 law-abiding acts per hour.