The Colony of UNG0LIANT is a massive, orderly nation, remarkable for its keen interest in outer space, restrictive gun laws, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 1.965 billion Spiders 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 relatively small, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Administration. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 8.9%.

The thriving UNGOLIANT's economy, worth 157 trillion Emeralds a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Gambling, Information Technology, and Uranium Mining. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 80,403 Emeralds, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 241,074 per year while the poor average 20,950, a ratio of 11.5 to 1.

An iron curtain has descended around the nation, machine-peeled candied grapes come in individual packaging for the busy commuter, fifty years of pension funds can disappear in half a second, and the legislature keeps promising "more study" of corruption allegations against the parliamentary whip system. Crime, especially youth-related, is well under control, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. UNG0LIANT's national animal is the Shelob, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

UNG0LIANT is ranked 207,842^nd in the world and 2^nd in Light for Highest Unexpected Death Rate, scoring 30.69 on the Bus Surprisal Index.