The United States of OS2 Warp 4 is a massive, orderly nation, notable for its public floggings. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 1.772 billion OS2 Warp 4ians 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, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Defense, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 31.0%.

The OS2 Warp 4ian economy, worth 73.0 trillion IBM Coins a year, is quite specialized and led by the Woodchip Exports industry, with major contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Automobile Manufacturing, and Furniture Restoration. Average income is 41,177 IBM Coins, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.6 times as much as the poorest.

All major public areas are watched by police surveillance cameras, all government facilities are built in the subterranean citadel of OS2 Warp 4 City, Leader has been known to threaten dissenting citizens with a machine gun at press conferences, and Leader is the self-declared God of all OS2 Warp 4. Crime is relatively low, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. OS2 Warp 4's national animal is the No National Animal, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

OS2 Warp 4 is ranked 268,153^rd in the world and 20^th in Retrocomputers for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring -10 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.