The Commonwealth of Aligned American Republics is a very large, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 486 million Americans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 52.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but sluggish American economy, worth 11.8 trillion Australs 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 slick, highly efficient, quite specialized black market in Trout Farming, Furniture Restoration, Soda Sales, and Uranium Mining. 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 24,328 Australs, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Babies living in poverty are told to take responsibility for their own fortunes, the children of Aligned American Republics are often remarked upon for their cheery attitude to extreme violence, a good American is hard to find, and t-shirts displaying a photo of Leader performing the Full-Monty are selling out. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Aligned American Republics's national animal is the Capybara, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Aligned American Republics is ranked 98,179^th in the world and 758^th in the West Pacific for Most Devout, with 649.16 prayers per hour.