The United States of Waladis is a titanic, cultured nation, ruled by O5 Council with an iron fist, and remarkable for its compulsory military service, public floggings, and national health service. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 16.571 billion Waladisians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government is dominated by the Department of Defense, with Healthcare, Education, and Administration also on the agenda. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Earth. The average income tax rate is 88.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Waladisian economy, worth a remarkable 3,366 trillion Wadinoes a year, is broadly diversified and dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Woodchip Exports, and Book Publishing. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an amazing 203,145 Wadinoes, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

Excessive wheelchair ramps on government buildings have been compared to theme park attractions, employers are gradually adapting to the alien premise of paying wages to their workers, children are often punished for the sins of the fathers, and history lessons resemble a who's-who and how's-how of crime. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Waladis's national animal is the SCP, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is warlordism.

Waladis is ranked 119,198^th in the world and 4^th in Sol 8 for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 1,550.01 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.