The One Big Union of Haymarket Riot is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Jolene Josephine Jefferson with an even hand, and notable for its pith helmet sales, state-planned economy, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate population of 1.478 billion Haymarket Riotians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The enormous, liberal, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Guthrieville. The average income tax rate is 87.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Haymarket Riotian economy, worth 146 trillion Pennies a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Tourism, and Book Publishing. Average income is 99,320 Pennies, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government spends more on chasing distant comets than on basic infrastructure, exceptionally talented workers are praised more than Revolutionary heroes, talking during class is a gateway to lifelong drug addiction, and behind every local dictator is a Haymarket Riotian advisor whispering in their ear. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Haymarket Riot's national animal is the Turkey, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Old Time Religion.

Haymarket Riot is ranked 271,204^th in the world and 69^th in Ridgefield for Most Patriotic, with 0.73 flags saluted per person per day.