The Armed Island Republic of Uslands is a massive, orderly nation, ruled by Supreme Leader Jon Von Marck with an iron fist, and remarkable for its compulsory military service, irreverence towards religion, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 1.289 billion Uslandians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The enormous, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Usland City. The average income tax rate is 72.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Uslandsian economy, worth 68.1 trillion Usland Dollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a large, well-organized, highly specialized black market in Arms Manufacturing. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 52,835 Usland Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Politicians are often seen with soldiers pointing guns at their heads, male celebrity chefs are laughed at for their lack of manliness, the nation's government buildings are remarkable for being ugly concrete boxes, and the tenet of free speech is held dear. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Uslands's national animal is the Golden Eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Catholic.

Uslands is ranked 52,197^th in the world and 5^th in North Pacific for Lowest Crime Rates, with 73.59 law-abiding acts per hour.