The United States of The Tropical Archipelago is a huge, cultured nation, notable for its daily referendums, pith helmet sales, and infamous sell-swords. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, devout population of 253 million Tropical Archipelagoans are effectively ruled by a group of massive corporations, who run for political office and provide their well-off citizens with world-class goods and services. Their poorer citizens, however, are mostly starving to death while being urged to go out and get real jobs. The populace has reasonably extensive civil rights, although these are mostly aimed at allowing them to buy whatever they like.

The relatively small, corrupt, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Defense, and Education. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 12.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Tropical Archipelagoan economy, worth 28.3 trillion Salted Mangoes a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Retail, and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 111,816 Salted Mangoes, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 393,710 per year while the poor average 22,993, a ratio of 17.1 to 1.

The Talking Orange stadiums are open 24/7, children as young as twelve are conscripted into the armed forces, religious education is a new government priority, and only the rich can afford the latest medical innovations. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Tropical Archipelago's national animal is the Talking Orange, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

The Tropical Archipelago is ranked 84,194^th in the world and 2,404^th in the West Pacific for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 2,441.58 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.