The Roaming Bands of The Unknown Army is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Melody Ravensong with an even hand, and remarkable for its free-roaming dinosaurs, irreverence towards religion, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 22.795 billion mercenaries have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The large government prioritizes Defense, with Industry, Education, and Welfare also on the agenda. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Hoofington. The average income tax rate is 78.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient a mercenary economy, worth a remarkable 2,872 trillion bottle caps a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Retail, and Automobile Manufacturing. Average income is an impressive 126,007 bottle caps, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

Counselors have to sign pledges supporting gay rights before they can speak to any patients, the government response to disaster victims starving for bread is "let them eat stale cake", Scoutmasters debate whether luxury log cabins defeat the purpose of camping, and law schools are hurrying to teach the "prank defense" to their students. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. The Unknown Army's national animal is the manticore, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

The Unknown Army is ranked 71,042^nd in the world and 69^th in The Order of the Grey Wardens for Largest Furniture Restoration Industry, scoring 3,945.2 on the Spitz-Pollish Productivity Index.