The Oppressed Peoples of The Workers Divided is a huge, safe nation, notable for its compulsory military service, state-planned economy, and stringent health and safety legislation. The democratic population of 736 million Workers love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 68.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant Workers Dividedian economy, worth 5.22 trillion International Goods Credits a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is mostly made up of the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Cheese Exports, and Uranium Mining. Average income is 7,088 International Goods Credits, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Organ donation rates are among the lowest in the region, the tenet of free speech is held dear, and many friends and relatives of Leader have been given ambassador jobs in tropical island nations. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Workers Divided's national animal is the Ant, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

The Workers Divided is ranked 66,977^th in the world and 4^th in The Southern Lands for Highest Unexpected Death Rate, scoring 53.17 on the Bus Surprisal Index.