The United Socialist States of Union for Progress is a very large, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its state-planned economy, sprawling nuclear power plants, and vat-grown people. The compassionate population of 235 million Good persons are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social and economic equality; they tend to view other countries as corrupted by the hollow pageantry of sham elections.

There is no government in the normal sense of the word; however, a small group of community-minded, socially-minded individuals keep a keen eye out for any attempt to organize such a thing, and ruthlessly crush it. The average income tax rate is 1.3%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Union for Progressian economy, worth 3.78 trillion Linus a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, highly specialized black market in Information Technology and Book Publishing. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 16,095 Linus, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government is giving peace a chance, the World United Socialist States Games have been won again by Union for Progress as no other country cares enough to compete, elections are outlawed and a hairstylist has recently received a government appointment, and the national government has been dissolved by revolutionary insurgents. Crime is a problem, probably because of the absence of a police force. Union for Progress's national animal is the Bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Union for Progress is ranked 331,804^th in the world and 101^st in The Glorious Nations of Iwaku for Highest Average Tax Rates, with 1.34 Effective Tax Rate.