The Allied States of Undertake14 is a colossal, efficient nation, remarkable for its parental licensing program, unlimited-speed roads, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, hard-working, devout population of 3.344 billion Undertake14ians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Defense, and Law & Order. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 38.0%.

The very strong Undertake14ian economy, worth 270 trillion tails a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Tourism, and Furniture Restoration. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 81,011 tails, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 238,750 per year while the poor average 21,629, a ratio of 11.0 to 1.

Undertake14 City consists only of government buildings and the mansions of government janitors, the nation's reputation for treachery has left it sidelined on the international stage, the government insists that a ghost voted ten million times in the last election, and the Department of Health is snowed under by requests for crisper ciabatta and tenderer tagliatelle. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Undertake14's national animal is the cat.

Undertake14 is ranked 279,813^th in the world and 14,663^rd in Lazarus for Highest Unexpected Death Rate, scoring 25.21 on the Bus Surprisal Index.