The Allied States of Undertake8 is a colossal, orderly nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, public floggings, and zero percent divorce rate. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 3.42 billion Undertake8ians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 36.2%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Undertake8ian economy, worth 236 trillion tails a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Basket Weaving, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Information Technology. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 69,082 tails, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.5 times as much as the poorest.

Superfoods are often seen as supervillains, surveillance cameras are banned, politicians preface their speeches with a declaration that any resemblance to speeches given by individuals living or dead is purely coincidental, and morale within the seismologist community has hit rock bottom. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Undertake8's national animal is the cat, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Undertake8 is ranked 288,783^rd in the world and 3^rd in Pacificia for Smartest Citizens, with 13.87 quips per hour.