The United States of Hermann-MO- is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its daily referendums, unlimited-speed roads, and free-roaming dinosaurs. The hard-nosed, humorless, devout population of 3.996 billion Hermann-MO-ians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The large, corrupt, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 78.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Hermann-MO-ian economy, worth 548 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 black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Furniture Restoration. 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 137,303 dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.

The new Refuse Hills housing development is under construction, teenagers are told they're not thinking about sex enough, the nation forgives those who are big enough to admit they made a mistake, and the nation's police officers are famously miserable-looking. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Hermann-MO-'s national animal is the bald eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Hermann-MO- is ranked 124,914^th in the world and 158^th in Aerospace for Largest Populations, with 4.00 billion capita.