The Armed Republic of The UNSC is a very large, efficient nation, remarkable for its frequent executions, complete lack of prisons, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 457 million Terrans are rabid consumers, partly through choice and partly because the government tells them to and dissenters tend to vanish from their homes at night.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Administration, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Reach. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 16.8%.

The all-consuming Terran economy, worth 44.7 trillion National Ration Packets a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Automobile Manufacturing, and Woodchip Exports. Average income is 97,794 National Ration Packets, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 302,423 per year while the poor average 24,380, a ratio of 12.4 to 1.

The local custom of Biking With The Cars sends tourists home bemused or in body-bags, it can be a real jungle in a modern courtroom, politicians have been known to swim in pools filled with National Ration Packets, and rumours have it that a secret police is responsible for the recent spate of missing persons. Crime, especially youth-related, is well under control, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The UNSC's national animal is the Eagle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

The UNSC is ranked 188,364^th in the world and 4^th in Various puppets storage for Lowest Crime Rates, with 58.82 law-abiding acts per hour.