The United States of Byron-MN- is a massive, orderly nation, renowned for its free-roaming dinosaurs, avowedly heterosexual populace, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 3.998 billion Byron-MN-ians 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 large, corrupt, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. The average income tax rate is 79.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Byron-MN-ian economy, worth 510 trillion dollars a year, is mostly made up of the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology and Beef-Based Agriculture. Black market activity is extensive. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 127,583 dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.7 times as much as the poorest.

Moby Dick can only be sold by pornographers, citizens who use the word "Violet" incorrectly find their WhoTube content taken down, faceless corporations are expected to assume parental responsibility over millions of teenagers, and cities in Byron-MN- declare independence based on interpretation of the historic meaning of cave paintings. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Byron-MN-'s national animal is the bald eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Byron-MN- is ranked 24,836^th in the world and 155^th in Aerospace for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 6,342.9 on the Gilded Widget Scale.