The United States of Des Moines-IA- is a massive, efficient nation, notable for its pith helmet sales, enslaved workforce, and keen interest in outer space. The hard-nosed, humorless, devout population of 4.2 billion Des Moines-IA-ians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic government prioritizes Defense, with Law & Order, Administration, and Industry also on the agenda. The average income tax rate is 70.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Des Moines-IA-ian economy, worth 715 trillion dollars 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 large, well-organized, fairly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, Information Technology, and Woodchip Exports. 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 an impressive 170,406 dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.6 times as much as the poorest.

Hospitals have to sell their computers on vBay in order to afford the ransomware decryption payments, devotion to God is only skin-deep, family trees become bare as entire branches are lopped off, and many friends and relatives of Leader have been given ambassador jobs in tropical island nations. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Des Moines-IA-'s national animal is the bald eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Des Moines-IA- is ranked 27,241^st in the world and 196^th in Aerospace for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 6,017.57 on the Gilded Widget Scale.