The United States of Duluth-MN- is a massive, orderly nation, renowned for its ubiquitous missile silos, complete lack of prisons, and ban on automobiles. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 4.182 billion Duluth-MN-ians 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 medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 69.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Duluth-MN-ian economy, worth 712 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, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Information Technology. 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 170,492 dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

Teachers are dying as they attempt to read 500 word essays without pausing for breath, election ballot papers are so long that unused ones are recycled as toilet roll, the government advises foreign diplomats to speak softly and carry a big bag of cash, and artists regularly face criminal charges and art-burning parties are common. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Duluth-MN-'s national animal is the bald eagle, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Duluth-MN- is ranked 229,614^th in the world and 410^th in Aerospace for Highest Food Quality, scoring 9.31 on the Meeshlin-Starr Index.