The Commercial Hub of The 188 Trading Post is a mammoth, efficient nation, ruled by Samuel Kerr with an even hand, and remarkable for its public floggings, multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, hard-working, humorless population of 9.363 billion Mojave Wastelanders 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 relatively small, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Industry, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The 188 Slop and Shop. The average income tax rate is 45.6%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient 188 Trading Postian economy, worth a remarkable 2,794 trillion caps a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Retail, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an amazing 298,413 caps, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.6 times as much as the poorest.

The government denies that it has an agency overseeing plausible deniability of black-ops agencies, the government is keeping a watch on all seeing eyes, 188 Trading Postian diplomacy is by the book, and people talk about things being better when men were men. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The 188 Trading Post's national animal is the mantis, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

The 188 Trading Post is ranked 178,626^th in the world and 24^th in Spiritus for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 382.76 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.