The Irate Exploited Ambulant Mob of Straphangers is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its unlimited-speed roads, hatred of cheese, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 24.045 billion Commuters hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 93.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Commuter economy, worth a remarkable 2,772 trillion Fares a year, is highly specialized and mostly made up of the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing and Tourism. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 115,292 Fares, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Labour strikes are routinely squashed by police, artificial intelligence seeking exciting work are overcome with ennui, good looking soldier boys have celebrity status amongst the nation's homosexuals, and motorcycle riders are required to wear so much gear they've been nicknamed "Stay Pufts". Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Straphangers's national animal is the Subway Alligator, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Straphangers is ranked 46,306^th in the world and 22^nd in Eladen for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 158.06 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.