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The United States of Usington is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Barry with an even hand, and remarkable for its keen interest in outer space, aversion to nipples, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, devout population of 6.317 billion Usingtonians 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 juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Law & Order, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Kanawha. The average income tax rate is 68.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Usingtonian economy, worth 655 trillion Usingtonian Dollars a year, is dominated by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 103,733 Usingtonian Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The Usington Enquirer offers weekly cash prizes for 'most blasphemous song, story, or cartoon', patriotic citizens chant "there's only one Usington" at foreigners, big game hunters travel to Usington to try their hand at shark-shooting, and polygraphs are relegated to the dungeon exhibit in castle museums. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Usington's national animal is the Beaver, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Christianity.

Usington is ranked 301,124^th in the world and 3,453^rd in the Pacific for Most Secular, with 5.37 Atheism Rate.