The Federation of USS Triumphant is a mid-sized, genial nation, remarkable for its punitive income tax rates, restrictive gun laws, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate population of 74 million USS Triumphantians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Defense, and Education. The average income tax rate is 59.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped USS Triumphantian economy, worth 3.56 trillion Better Ourselveses a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, and Cheese Exports. Average income is 48,119 Better Ourselveses, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Leader is called 'Patches' at international summits, political spontaneity takes a lot of planning, glittering new sports stadiums adorn every city and town, and the 'sing-a-long with Leader' album is a popular souvenir. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. USS Triumphant's national animal is the Tribble, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

USS Triumphant is ranked 315,791^st in the world and 27^th in After the Fall for Largest Black Market, with 5.00 billion Standard Monetary Units.