The United States of Microwavelandia is a gargantuan, orderly nation, ruled by President Microwave with an iron fist, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, ubiquitous missile silos, and compulsory gun ownership. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 10.165 billion Microwavelandians are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

The relatively small, corrupt, moralistic, pro-business government is primarily concerned with Defense, with Industry, Law & Order, and Administration also on the agenda, while Social Policy and Welfare are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Microwavelandian Vaults. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 72.7%.

The frighteningly efficient Microwavelandian economy, worth a remarkable 2,819 trillion Microcoins a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Retail, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an amazing 277,328 Microcoins, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,484,261 per year while the poor average 27,134, a ratio of 54.7 to 1.

War criminals are given full state funerals, the latest "must-have" uPhone is 1/4 mm thinner than last year's uPhone, President Microwave's Dreadnought-class tankbuster limousine is said to have more ammunition than the entire Brancalandian Army, and the nation has declared its intention to "stretch out". Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Microwavelandia's national animal is the Microwave, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is No Official Religion.

Microwavelandia is ranked 1,549^th in the world and 20^th in the West Pacific for Most Armed, with 19.18 weapons per person.