The Imperial Federation of Improper Classifications is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Emperor Michael II with an iron fist, and remarkable for its pith helmet sales, complete lack of prisons, and parental licensing program. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 4.405 billion Classifiers are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The large, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of New Thunder City. The average income tax rate is 97.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Classified economy, worth a remarkable 1,340 trillion Classifications Credits 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 an enormous, deeply entrenched, fairly diversified black market in Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, Cheese Exports, and Retail. 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 amazing 304,287 Classifications Credits, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Max Barry is this year's Miss Improper Classifications, the nation's industries are scrambling to switch to biodegradable plastics, the sound of wooden legs echo throughout Improper Classifications after the recent introduction of the Foot Tax, and bins outnumber trees in city parks. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Improper Classifications's national animal is the Wolf, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Faith of the Golden Mile.

Improper Classifications is ranked 2,529^th in the world and 3^rd in The Galactics Union for Most Corrupt Governments, with 312.54 kickbacks per hour.