The Empire of Usca is a massive, safe nation, ruled by General Lucas Churchman with an iron fist, and notable for its parental licensing program, compulsory military service, and soft-spoken computers. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 1.112 billion Uscans are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The large, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Berlin. The average income tax rate is 68.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Uscan economy, worth 91.4 trillion Usca coins 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, broadly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, Woodchip Exports, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. 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 82,192 Usca coins, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Rural Uscans stare in awe at the bright lights of the big cities, the best spies are positively radiant after completing a big mission, taxpayers cringe whenever someone brings up the Former Antagonist Reparations Treaty, and the nation threatens sanctions on islands only visible at low tide. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Usca's national animal is the lion, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Usca is ranked 228,950^th in the world and 33^rd in Aura for Most Primitive, scoring -106.21 on the Scary Big Number Scale.