The Federation of Unified States of South is a small, safe nation, remarkable for its rum-swilling pirates, barren, inhospitable landscape, and frequent executions. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, devout population of 32 million Southerns are known throughout the region for their efficiency and work ethic, as well as their general suspicion of leisure.

The medium-sized, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Education, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 34.1%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The strong Southerner economy, worth 1.64 trillion Pinhãoes a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Uranium Mining industry, with major contributions from Woodchip Exports, Pizza Delivery, and Furniture Restoration. Average income is 51,208 Pinhãoes, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.0 times as much as the poorest.

RPG fans reminisce fondly about when people thought they were evil and dangerous rather than geeky and socially inept, citizens may cast their vote over the internet or phone, the police go to great efforts to seize contraband favored by politicians on the police oversight committee, and hell is not always other people. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Unified States of South's national animal is the Armadillo, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Unified States of South is ranked 192,083^rd in the world and 4,534^th in The North Pacific for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 45.39 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.