The United States of Linkinite is a massive, genial nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape and compulsory military service. The hard-working, democratic population of 4.198 billion Linkinites enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The relatively small, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 16.5%.

The strong Linkinitean economy, worth 237 trillion Dollars a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Uranium Mining industry, with major contributions from Basket Weaving, Retail, and Pizza Delivery. Average income is 56,633 Dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.9 times as much as the poorest.

Military spending recently hit a new high, surveillance cameras are banned, the mining industry is making inroads into environmentally sensitive areas, and the government awards prizes to television shows featuring stereotype-breaking minority roles. Crime, especially youth-related, is almost non-existent. Linkinite's national animal is the Eagle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Linkinite is ranked 248,398^th in the world and 146^th in Africa for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring zero on the Gilded Widget Scale.