The Allied States of UnshiftedStorm is a gargantuan, efficient nation, remarkable for its anti-smoking policies, smutty television, and keen interest in outer space. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 23.891 billion Stormen are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The enormous, liberal, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of New Beginning. The average income tax rate is 89.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The thriving UnshiftedStormian economy, worth a remarkable 2,305 trillion Digital Credits a year, is highly specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing and Information Technology. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 96,493 Digital Credits, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Evenings at university debating societies often end with everyone acknowledging both sides may well be right, immersive video game experiences are interrupted by incessant disclaimer pop-ups, parents seeking custody have to write a five-thousand word analysis of their child's imaginary friend, and mystics are claiming that a simultaneous rise in scepticism and education budgets is correlation rather than causation. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. UnshiftedStorm's national animal is the Turtle, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

UnshiftedStorm is ranked 10,288^th in the world and 8^th in Krillin for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 10,859.31 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.