The First of Select Two is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Not One with an even hand, and renowned for its national health service, frequent executions, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, humorless, devout population of 13.482 billion Twools are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The large, corrupt, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Industry, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Acceptable. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 91.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Twoolish economy, worth a remarkable 2,710 trillion Bills a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Woodchip Exports, and Information Technology. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an amazing 201,015 Bills, with the richest citizens earning 7.1 times as much as the poorest.

An underground group of geologists hides new discoveries to protect them from being destroyed in the name of safety, the government is lending a hand to private industry, vital intelligence-gathering activities are put on hold as agents return home for seduction training and advanced poker instruction, and child adoption by homosexual couples has been outlawed. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Select Two's national animal is the Pet, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is for weak people.

Select Two is ranked 13,566^th in the world and 12^th in Australia for Most Influential, scoring 3,922 on the Soft Power Disbursement Rating.