The Republic of Union of Love is a gargantuan, genial nation, ruled by Leader with an iron fist, and renowned for its rum-swilling pirates, smutty television, and compulsory military service. The compassionate, cynical, humorless, devout population of 41.484 billion Union of Loveans 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 enormous, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Law & Order, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Union of Love City. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 78.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Union of Lovean economy, worth a remarkable 5,804 trillion unions a year, is highly specialized and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Book Publishing and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 139,915 unions, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 549,530 per year while the poor average 24,208, a ratio of 22.7 to 1.

From the highest mountain to the deepest cave - one can always count on finding a good cell signal in Union of Love, catcalling has been replaced by slut-shaming, political loyalty is enforced by way of chemical addiction, and it is illegal for police officers to carry out searches due to strict privacy laws. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Union of Love's national animal is the Black Caique, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Union of Love is ranked 261,764^th in the world and 188^th in Portugal for Largest Retail Industry, scoring -16.4 on the Shrinkwrap Consignment Productivity Index.