The Province of Airstrip One is a gargantuan, orderly nation, ruled by Big Brother with an iron fist, and remarkable for its enslaved workforce, state-planned economy, and keen interest in outer space. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 30.897 billion proles 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, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of London. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 92.3%.

The strong Airstrip Onean economy, worth a remarkable 3,310 trillion Dollars 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 a slick, highly efficient, broadly diversified black market in Beef-Based Agriculture, Uranium Mining, Arms Manufacturing, and Woodchip Exports. 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 impressive 107,150 Dollars, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 432,698 per year while the poor average 17,710, a ratio of 24.4 to 1.

The nation tends not to learn from its history, children who can't memorize their multiplication tables are sent to the mines, wars of expansion are described as "peacekeeping operations", and citizens know not to ask what their country can do for them but what they can do as chained slaves for their country. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Airstrip One's national animal is the Pig, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is a distinct love of Big Brother.

Airstrip One is ranked 105,526^th in the world and 9^th in Oceania for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 92.75 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.