The Floof of The X-8 Research Center is a colossal, orderly nation, ruled by Floof with an iron fist, and renowned for its digital currency, public floggings, and pith helmet sales. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 2.97 billion 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 large, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, with Law & Order, Administration, and Industry also on the agenda, while Welfare and Spirituality are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Salt Lake City. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 78.4%.

The frighteningly efficient American economy, worth 443 trillion United States Dollars a year, is quite specialized and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology and Woodchip Exports. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an impressive 149,348 United States Dollars, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 503,769 per year while the poor average 32,775, a ratio of 15.4 to 1.

Tourists flock to see the giant stone carvings of historical leaders at Mount Rushless, a proud mining community is considering a rebellion after the Capital officially renamed them 'District XII', libraries have replaced overdue book fines with mandatory mental health assessments, and burgers often list "miscellaneous meats" in their ingredients. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The X-8 Research Center's national animal is the Lobotomite, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Technocrat Worship.

The X-8 Research Center is ranked 19,003^rd in the world and 404^th in the South Pacific for Most Developed, scoring 87.1 on the Human Development Index.