The Commonwealth of Umusu is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Jim Nelesen with an even hand, and renowned for its ritual sacrifices, enslaved workforce, and rampant corporate plagiarism. The hard-nosed, devout population of 2.818 billion Umusuans are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed, including voting. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Administration, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Barcelona. The average income tax rate is 35.6%.

The strong Umusuan economy, worth 179 trillion Persian Darics 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, fairly diversified black market in Retail, Woodchip Exports, Basket Weaving, and Arms Manufacturing. 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 63,619 Persian Darics, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.3 times as much as the poorest.

Women are ordered home to reproduce for the glory of the Commonwealth, citizens who leave the country are officially classed as traitors, gift hampers filled with delicious beef jerky are sent to newly communist nations, and the government's religious works are headed by a New Age guru. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Umusu's national animal is the Lydian Lion, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Umusu is ranked 63,358^th in the world and 20^th in The Pacifica for Highest Drug Use, scoring 251.31 on the Pineapple Fondness Rating.