The United States of Selachi is a mammoth, cultured nation, notable for its compulsory military service, absence of drug laws, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 8.377 billion Selachians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Isurus. The average income tax rate is 76.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Selachian economy, worth 301 trillion Lamnifs a year, is driven almost entirely by government activity. The industrial sector is mostly made up of the Book Publishing industry. Average income is 36,023 Lamnifs, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Rebuilding efforts for a recently destroyed cathedral aren't expected to be completed for another century, CEOs are forced to cut coupons during important conference calls to make ends meet, forty-year-old men are asked for their ID before watching the latest pony cartoon movies, and handsome young men are forced into uniforms by their dominant elders. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Selachi's national animal is the Basking Shark, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Selachi is ranked 239,977^th in the world and 1^st in The Reefs of Caridea for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 33.17 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.