The Imperial Federation of Improper Classifications is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Emperor Michael II with an iron fist, and renowned for its compulsory military service, state-planned economy, and ban on automobiles. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 4.359 billion Classifiers 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 juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of New Thunder City. The average income tax rate is 96.9%.

The frighteningly efficient Classified economy, worth a remarkable 1,331 trillion Classifications Credits 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 an enormous, deeply entrenched, fairly diversified black market in Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, Cheese Exports, and Retail. 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 amazing 305,519 Classifications Credits, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The nationalistic national anthem inspires citizens to literally spit at foreigners, drones are unable to lift the weight of their accompanying paperwork, the steaks are too high for ambassadors to butcher foreign relationships, and concert halls sport signs proclaiming "No Shorts, Sandals or Swastikas". Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Improper Classifications's national animal is the Wolf, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Faith of the Golden Mile.

Improper Classifications is ranked 289,564^th in the world and 69^th in The Galactics Union for Most Primitive, scoring -617.91 on the Scary Big Number Scale.