The Democratic Republic of USS Austin is a mammoth, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its zero percent divorce rate, frequent executions, and suspicion of poets. The quiet, industrious population of 5.049 billion USS Austinians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. The average income tax rate is 28.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The USS Austinian economy, worth 207 trillion Delta Eagles a year, is led by the Door-to-door Insurance Sales industry, with major contributions from Furniture Restoration, Arms Manufacturing, and Gambling. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 40,998 Delta Eagles, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.7 times as much as the poorest.

The silencing of dissent speaks volumes about the quality of USS Austinian democracy, the people are famous throughout the region for their perfect yellow teeth, Leader's Dreadnought-class tankbuster limousine is said to have more ammunition than the entire Brancalandian Army, and a major religion has been named as USS Austin's national religion. Crime is almost non-existent, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. USS Austin's national animal is the Kitsune, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

USS Austin is ranked 197,860^th in the world and 19^th in Navy for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring 493.92 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.