The Holy Dominion of 2053 is a mammoth, orderly nation, ruled by PT with an iron fist, and notable for its prohibition of alcohol, complete lack of prisons, and aversion to nipples. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 7.454 billion 2053ians are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

The relatively small, corrupt, moralistic, pro-business, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Defense, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Distinct Unit. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 33.8%.

The frighteningly efficient 2053ian economy, worth a remarkable 2,980 trillion Dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Retail, Arms Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an amazing 399,808 Dollars, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 3,343,397 per year while the poor average 9,282, a ratio of 360 to 1.

Overhead luggage compartments on planes sometimes conceal diminutive intelligence officers, visitors often wonder about the new red dartboard in PT's office, citizens gather eagerly to witness exotic animals being blasted out of cannons, and entomologists flock to Distinct Unit for its remarkable gadfly population. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, despite the fact that it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many laws. 2053's national animal is the Erzat's Rat, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Blowing stuff up.

2053 is ranked 5,823^rd in the world and 1^st in Aspen for Largest Black Market, with 1,403 trillion Standard Monetary Units.