The Allied States of Euthanising is a mammoth, orderly nation, ruled by Henrik Jenssen with an iron fist, and remarkable for its keen interest in outer space, multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, and otherworldly petting zoo. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 6.661 billion Euthanisians 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 medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Needle City. The average income tax rate is 52.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Euthanisian economy, worth 918 trillion ᦊeaths 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 an enormous, deeply entrenched, broadly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, Information Technology, and Retail. 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 137,957 ᦊeaths, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.1 times as much as the poorest.

The GPS-tracked jogging routes of military personnel are a possible security risk, children seem to be getting better at lying these days, soldiers on first dates introduce themselves only by their ranks and serial numbers, and escaped birthday balloons are torpedoed out of the sky. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Euthanising's national animal is the needle, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Islam.

Euthanising is ranked 115,931^st in the world and 157^th in the Plains of Perdition for Largest Populations, with 6.66 billion capita.