The Grant of Union Island is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by Nigello Castiello with an even hand, and remarkable for its punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 23.849 billion Union Islanders have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Welfare, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Tercellese. The average income tax rate is 59.2%.

The Union Islander economy, worth 625 trillion livroes a year, is highly specialized and mostly made up of the Soda Sales industry, with significant contributions from Pizza Delivery and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is 26,244 livroes, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.5 times as much as the poorest.

Union Island has designated Tercellese as its capital city, Nigello Castiello has just been declared ruler of Union Island in an international press conference, and Roman Catholicism has been named as Union Island's national religion. Crime is relatively low, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Union Island's national animal is the seahorse, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is Roman Catholicism.

Union Island is ranked 132,056^th in the world and 4^th in Grant for Nudest, with 144 cheeks per square mile.