The Frightening Mountain Passage of I 70 is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Eisenhower with an iron fist, and notable for its infamous sell-swords, public floggings, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 11.149 billion Highwaymen 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 large, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Defense, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Denver. The average income tax rate is 68.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Roadworthy economy, worth a remarkable 1,128 trillion tolls a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Woodchip Exports industry, with major contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, and Retail. Black market activity is extensive. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 101,199 tolls, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.9 times as much as the poorest.

The nation's soldiers sleep four to a bed in order to use space economically, holiday light displays just aren't the same without seizure-inducing strobe effects, the nation's orphanages and maternity wards have been nicknamed 'the Killbot Factories', and serial killers who are released early distribute death but not their seed. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. I 70's national animal is the White Eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Constructionist.

I 70 is ranked 41,208^th in the world and 2,338^th in Lazarus for Highest Food Quality, scoring 39.6 on the Meeshlin-Starr Index.