The Union of City States Nation is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by JR Ewing with an even hand, and notable for its unlimited-speed roads, keen interest in outer space, and free-roaming dinosaurs. The hard-nosed, humorless population of 23.616 billion City Staters enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The minute, corrupt government, or what there is of one, juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Reading. Income tax is unheard of.

The frighteningly efficient City States Nationian economy, worth a remarkable 9,962 trillion Lire a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Retail, Book Publishing, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 421,857 Lire, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government is pouring money into 'Operation Enduring Democracy', old people living in plastic bubbles complain about a new type of social isolation, the number of eyes rolled per maths lesson is increasing exponentially, and Max Barry is this year's Miss City States Nation. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. City States Nation's national animal is the Armadillo, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Industrialism.

City States Nation is ranked 1,844^th in the world and 36^th in the South Pacific for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 8,547.1 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.