The Federal Republic of Expos is a mammoth, cultured nation, ruled by Allied Mastercomputer with an even hand, and remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, deadly medical pandemics, and absence of drug laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 6.898 billion Exposians are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Unachi. The average income tax rate is 9.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Exposian economy, worth 713 trillion florins a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Pizza Delivery industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, and Gambling. Average income is an impressive 103,333 florins, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.7 times as much as the poorest.

The government operates on a policy of compliance through intimidation, artists from across the nation compete to renovate the restrooms of old government buildings, a faint smell of body odour can be detected at several miles' distance from the National Science Park, and the nation is regarded as a paragon of democracy. Crime is moderate, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Expos's national animal is the gryphon, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Cult of Reason.

Expos is ranked 38,168^th in the world and 20^th in Far East Oriental Federation for Rudest Citizens, with 99.49 insults per minute.