The Republic of Unitria is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Solaris Arenno with an iron fist, and renowned for its keen interest in outer space, sprawling nuclear power plants, and public floggings. The compassionate, cynical, cheerful population of 4.427 billion Unitrians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Mercadia. The average income tax rate is 91.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Unitrian economy, worth 876 trillion credits a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 197,900 credits, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Phone taps are frequently carried out by the police, tampons are used as cheap fishing bobbers, all beauty contests have been banned, and enemy navies sail within bombardment range of major coastal cities with impunity. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Unitria's national animal is the dragon, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Unitria is ranked 3,709^th in the world and 74^th in The East Pacific for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 63.33 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.