The Occupied Earth of Transitional Global Authority is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Alan Snyder with an iron fist, and notable for its closed borders, ubiquitous missile silos, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 3.573 billion Colonists are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The large, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, although Law & Order, Administration, and Industry are also considered important, while International Aid and Welfare receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Davos Colony. The average income tax rate is 67.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse colonial economy, worth 368 trillion Obsoletes 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, fairly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Trout Farming, Uranium Mining, and Information Technology. 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 an impressive 102,998 Obsoletes, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.5 times as much as the poorest.

Fancy dress parties are raided by military police for new recruits, children spend all morning taking out a comma and all afternoon putting it back in again, most foreigners can't name the leader of Transitional Global Authority, and enemy agents are generally eliminated with extreme prejudice. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Transitional Global Authority's national animal is the Phoenix, which can occasionally be seen dodging aircraft in the nation's cities, and its national religion is The Greatest Day.

Transitional Global Authority is ranked 42,554^th in the world and 1,427^th in The North Pacific for Lowest Crime Rates, with 76.66 law-abiding acts per hour.