The Colony of June Company XVI is a huge, genial nation, renowned for its soft-spoken computers, avant-garde cinema, and suspicion of poets. The compassionate, hard-working population of 838 million June Company XVIians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Welfare. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 19.1%.

The strong June Company XVIian economy, worth 41.2 trillion Seeds 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 black market in Arms Manufacturing, Automobile Manufacturing, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Book Publishing. 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 49,218 Seeds, with the richest citizens earning 6.8 times as much as the poorest.

Parents seeking custody have to write a five-thousand word analysis of their child's imaginary friend, police detectives carry phrenology calipers as part of their standard kit, the nation has welcomed its expats back with open arms, and friendly fire incidents usually result in severe burns. Crime, especially youth-related, is well under control, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. June Company XVI's national animal is the June Bug, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

June Company XVI is ranked 158,905^th in the world and 54^th in June Fortress for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 62.01 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.