The Speed Demon of Fastest Man Alive is a gargantuan, cultured nation, renowned for its compulsory military service, public floggings, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 15.058 billion Zooms 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, well-organized government is primarily concerned with Law & Order, although Education, Healthcare, and Defense are also considered important, while Spirituality and International Aid are ignored. The average income tax rate is 24.1%.

The Fastest Man Alivean economy, worth 869 trillion Tears a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Woodchip Exports, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 57,721 Tears, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.7 times as much as the poorest.

Urban entrepreneurs are busy introducing cockroaches into restaurant kitchens, sex offenders find themselves cut off from the ability to repeat their crimes, a major religion has been named as Fastest Man Alive's national religion, and Leader has just been declared ruler of Fastest Man Alive in an international press conference. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Fastest Man Alive's national animal is the Cheetah, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Fastest Man Alive is ranked 58,718^th in the world and 286^th in Artificial Solar System for Most Corrupt Governments, with 31.2 kickbacks per hour.