The Federal Republic of United States of Medford is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by President Jack Nelson with an even hand, and renowned for its ubiquitous missile silos, free-roaming dinosaurs, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, humorless, devout population of 5.601 billion Medfordians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Newice. The average income tax rate is 87.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Medfordian economy, worth a remarkable 1,167 trillion Medford Dollars a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 208,426 Medford Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

International commentators accuse the nation of aggressive cultural imperialism, a ban on robots in disguise has transformed the entertainment industry, citizens are encouraged to report friends, family members or co-workers who seem depressed to the government for "counselling", and pilots always remember to send their doctors a Maxxmas card. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. United States of Medford's national animal is the Medford, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Church Of Medford.

United States of Medford is ranked 150,234^th in the world and 6,556^th in The North Pacific for Most Pro-Market, scoring 27.89 on the Rand Index.