The Interstellar Federation of Unified Planets is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its complete lack of prisons, state-planned economy, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, humorless population of 20.257 billion Unified Planetsians are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The relatively small government is primarily concerned with Industry, although Social Policy and Defense are also considered important, while Spirituality and Healthcare are ignored. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 9.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Unified Planetsian economy, worth a remarkable 2,306 trillion credits a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is broadly diversified, is led by the Automobile Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Uranium Mining. Average income is an impressive 113,875 credits, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 419,739 per year while the poor average 21,811, a ratio of 19.2 to 1.

Citizens are regularly found digging for treasure in their gardens, pristine wilderness has been trashed in the quest for cheaper oil, religious organizations are being forced to leave the country or pay income taxes like everybody else, and streakers swamp all public events in order to bare it all. Crime, especially youth-related, is a serious problem, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Unified Planets's national animal is the starship, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Unified Planets is ranked 268,633^rd in the world and 10,145^th in Lazarus for Most Patriotic, with 0.83 flags saluted per person per day.