The Greater Republic of American Orion is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by President Demetrius Volk with an iron fist, and notable for its smutty television, ubiquitous missile silos, and complete lack of prisons. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 30.69 billion American Citizens are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The relatively small, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, although Law & Order, Administration, and Industry are also considered important, while Social Policy and Environment are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Washington Prime. The average income tax rate is 94.9%.

The frighteningly efficient American Orionian economy, worth an astonishing 26,447 trillion Orion 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, broadly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Uranium Mining, 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 a breathtaking 861,763 Orion Credits, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Politicians have literally dirty hands from their extracurricular activities, the mining industry is making inroads into environmentally sensitive areas, the nation is committed to nuclear rearmament, and the nation's orphanages and maternity wards have been nicknamed 'the Killbot Factories'. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. American Orion's national animal is the American Aquila, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Solarian Christianity.

American Orion is ranked 153^rd in the world and 1^st in Greatlands for Largest Cheese Export Sector, scoring 16,528.82 on the Mozzarella Productivity Index.