The Confederated City-States of The Underwood Industrial Empire is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Grand Admiral Underwood with an even hand, and renowned for its state-planned economy, multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate population of 19.877 billion UIE citizens are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government prioritizes Education, with Healthcare, Law & Order, and Environment also on the agenda, while Spirituality isn't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Underwood City. The average income tax rate is 92.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse UIE economy, worth a remarkable 2,253 trillion UIE dollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 113,349 UIE dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Would-be emigrants are told "abandon all hope all ye who would exit here", old people living in plastic bubbles complain about a new type of social isolation, the nation has an international reputation for compassion, and playground injuries are considered academic progress. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Underwood Industrial Empire's national animal is the cardinal, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Unitarian Universalism.

The Underwood Industrial Empire is ranked 329,264^th in the world and 4,951^st in The East Pacific for Largest Timber Woodchipping Industry, scoring -27.6 on the Tasmanian Pulp Environmental Export Index.