The United Socialist States of UNIOS is a huge, genial nation, notable for its parental licensing program, state-planned economy, and restrictive gun laws. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 329 million UNIOSians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The enormous, moralistic, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Hridayam. The average income tax rate is 83.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong UNIOSian economy, worth 25.9 trillion Nayas a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is dominated by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Basket Weaving, and Cheese Exports. Average income is 78,589 Nayas, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

A passport is literally priceless, every school is receiving a brand new eraser, protesters are up in arms over new nuclear power stations, and sales of disinfectant wipes have skyrocketed. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. UNIOS's national animal is the Elephant, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

UNIOS is ranked 205,469^th in the world and 578^th in The Communist Bloc for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring -2.5 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.