The United States of TheBlackCross is a very large, orderly nation, renowned for its compulsory military service, enslaved workforce, and ubiquitous missile silos. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 456 million BlackCrossians are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

The medium-sized, corrupt, pro-business, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Spirituality, and Law & Order. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 34.6%.

The thriving BlackCrossian economy, worth 26.5 trillion Caps a year, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Trout Farming, Uranium Mining, and Cheese Exports. Average income is 58,163 Caps, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 446,819 per year while the poor average 2,033, a ratio of 219 to 1.

Diagrams of new modems collect dust in patent offices, citizens wouldn't recognise Leader if they passed one another on the street, international terrorists often get their weapons supply in TheBlackCross, and the armed forces are locked in an expensive and bloody war abroad to stamp out possible terrorists. Crime is moderate, possibly because it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many regulations. TheBlackCross's national animal is the Paddlefish, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to heavy metals seepage into national waterways.

TheBlackCross is ranked 138,181^st in the world and 7,434^th in Balder for Highest Average Tax Rates, with 34.59 Effective Tax Rate.