The Republic of Union of Love is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Leader with an iron fist, and renowned for its frequent executions, public floggings, and complete absence of social welfare. The compassionate, cynical, humorless, devout population of 42.501 billion Union of Loveans are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, corrupt, socially-minded, well-organized morass — juggles the competing demands of Education, Law & Order, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Union of Love City. The average income tax rate is 90.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Union of Lovean economy, worth a remarkable 5,931 trillion unions a year, is driven almost entirely by government activity, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched, highly specialized black market in Book Publishing, Tourism, and Arms Manufacturing. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. State-owned companies are the norm. Average income is an impressive 139,562 unions, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

The mining industry is making inroads into environmentally sensitive areas, international collectors know that a grease-stain on a work of art probably means it's passed through Union of Love, there is no such thing as an innocent fling in the Union of Lovean military, and citizens select which government department gets their income tax unions each year. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Union of Love's national animal is the Black Caique, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Union of Love is ranked 74,986^th in the world and 44^th in Portugal for Highest Wealthy Incomes, with 198,794 Standard Monetary Units.