The Republic of USHoP is a gargantuan, cultured nation, remarkable for its keen interest in outer space, ritual sacrifices, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, humorless, devout population of 23.594 billion USHoPians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized government prioritizes Defense, with Administration, Law & Order, and Industry also on the agenda. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 38.6%.

The very strong USHoPian economy, worth a remarkable 1,699 trillion $$s a year, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Soda Sales, and Trout Farming. Black market activity is extensive. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 72,041 $$s, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 313,638 per year while the poor average 10,473, a ratio of 29.9 to 1.

Billions of $$s are being blown on orbital weapons development, "What's the Frequency, Leader?" is a favorite phrase of backyard radio broadcasters when interrupting official diplomatic channels, the police double as repo men, and rocket scientists spend more time designing slide shows than launching rockets. Crime, especially youth-related, is relatively low, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. USHoP's national animal is the ^-^, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

USHoP is ranked 198,858^th in the world and 1^st in United States House of Representatives for Lowest Crime Rates, with 56.78 law-abiding acts per hour.