The Unassuming Puppet State of Americad is a gargantuan, orderly nation, ruled by Joseph with an iron fist, and renowned for its pith helmet sales, vat-grown people, and triple-decker prams. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 34.262 billion follower of Josephs 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 relatively small, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government is dominated by the Department of Defense, although Industry is also considered important, while Social Policy and Environment aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Joseph City. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Josephic economy, worth an astonishing 36,032 trillion monies a year, is broadly diversified and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, Woodchip Exports, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Average income is a breathtaking 1,051,678 monies, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 3,483,033 per year while the poor average 237,194, a ratio of 14.7 to 1.

There's a literal nanny state for the legions of children taken by social services, schoolkids are often mistaken for fast food workers, fast-food chefs regularly win Health Innovation Awards for spitting on burgers, and pallbearers at military funerals dive for cover when they hear the three-volley salute. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, despite the fact that it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many laws. Americad's national animal is the viper, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Josephism.

Americad is ranked 216,186^th in the world and 6^th in The New Inquisition for Highest Unexpected Death Rate, scoring 22.43 on the Bus Surprisal Index.