The Queen's State of Usault is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, complete lack of public education, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 32 billion Usaultians are effectively ruled by a group of massive corporations, who run for political office and provide their well-off citizens with world-class goods and services. Their poorer citizens, however, are mostly starving to death while being urged to go out and get real jobs. The populace has reasonably extensive civil rights, although these are mostly aimed at allowing them to buy whatever they like.

The minute, pro-business, outspoken government, or what there is of one, is solely concerned with Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Capital Heights. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 4.3%.

The very strong Usaultian economy, worth a remarkable 1,637 trillion betales a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Woodchip Exports industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Pizza Delivery. Average income is 51,164 betales, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 347,855 per year while the poor average 2,749, a ratio of 126 to 1.

Usault has designated Capital Heights as its capital city, none has been named as Usault's national religion, breastfeeding mothers are replacing smokers to loiter outside the workplace, and teams of painters are converting road signs from horse lengths to kilometers. Crime is a major problem, probably because of the absence of a police force. Usault's national animal is the deer, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is none.

Usault is ranked 172,283^rd in the world and 1^st in Usault for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 492.88 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.