The Republic socialist of Understar is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Perry Alinol with an even hand, and remarkable for its ritual sacrifices, stringent health and safety legislation, and labour-free parental leave. The hard-nosed, humorless, devout population of 1.904 billion Understarians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, corrupt, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of andrew star. The average income tax rate is 86.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Understarian economy, worth 269 trillion undes dollars 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 black market in Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, Basket Weaving, and Uranium Mining. 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 an impressive 141,756 undes dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The optimally efficient parking strategy for business commuters is referred to as the "traveling salesman problem", arguments about toilet seats being left up or down get surprisingly heated, lifeguards are more concerned with watching for sharks than struggling swimmers, and all Understarians love the taste of self-sufficiency. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Understar's national animal is the anomalies, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Islam.

Understar is ranked 8,254^th in the world and 179^th in The Communist Bloc for Most Developed, scoring 91.73 on the Human Development Index.