The Unified Democratic States of Inven is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Franz Liszt with an even hand, and remarkable for its infamous sell-swords, daily referendums, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 7.186 billion Invenians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Creativ. The average income tax rate is 99.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Invenian economy, worth a remarkable 1,592 trillion IUDS a year, is highly specialized and mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 221,626 IUDS, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Space shuttles regularly launch rubbish into space, jabbing a baby's bottle at officials gets parents waved straight through immigration, there's a shortage of swinging hot spots as land development grinds to a halt, and doctors prescribe medicines but they rarely dispense hope or compassion. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Inven's national animal is the dolphin, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Inven is ranked 1,074^th in the world and 62^nd in The North Pacific for Healthiest Citizens, with 34.03 bananas ingested per day.