The United States of Ephraim-UT- is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its frequent executions, ritual sacrifices, and disturbing lack of elderly people. The hard-nosed, humorless, devout population of 4.055 billion Ephraim-UT-ians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 66.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Ephraim-UT-ian economy, worth 575 trillion dollars 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 large, well-organized, broadly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Tourism. 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 an impressive 142,020 dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Citizens live in superstitious fear of the mysterious glowing clouds that float over Ephraim-UT-, citizens tint their front windows to avoid starring in the 'TV Detector Patrol Unit' documentary, foreigners write "made in Ephraim-UT-" on shoddy merchandise in hope of receiving a buy-out, and police officers that upset their bosses get assigned to 24 hour stakeouts of bike sheds. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ephraim-UT-'s national animal is the bald eagle, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Ephraim-UT- is ranked 21,213^th in the world and 114^th in Aerospace for Lowest Crime Rates, with 88.73 law-abiding acts per hour.