The Incorporated States of 2197 is a large, cultured nation, remarkable for its free-roaming dinosaurs, otherworldly petting zoo, and punitive income tax rates. The democratic population of 186 million two-thousand-one-hundred-ninety-sevenians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 61.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped two-thousand-one-hundred-ninety-sevenian economy, worth 5.78 trillion cubes a year, is highly specialized and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Trout Farming, Retail, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 31,077 cubes, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The Pipe Bomb Makers' Pop-Up Book can be found in preschool libraries, no-one can foil the ambitions of Big Aluminium, cane fights are a common sight in nursing homes, and travellers are often forcibly evicted by torch-bearing mobs. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. 2197's national animal is the salt, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

2197 is ranked 154,927^th in the world and 75^th in Hell for Highest Poor Incomes, with 23,520.72 Standard Monetary Units.