The Free Market Utopia of 13 Exploding Countries is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by escaped inmate Elizabeth Holmes with an even hand, and renowned for its deadly medical pandemics, keen interest in outer space, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 1.817 billion 13 exploding countrymen are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The minute, pro-business government, or what there is of one, juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of NukaWorld. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 4.4%.

The very strong 13 Exploding Countriesian economy, worth 161 trillion half empty ketchup bottles a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Gambling industry, with significant contributions from Pizza Delivery, Arms Manufacturing, and Information Technology. Average income is 89,057 half empty ketchup bottles, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 659,067 per year while the poor average 3,603, a ratio of 182 to 1.

One-man canoes fitted with the latest tracking technology leave no room for one man, customs officers pretend not to hear shouts of "HELP LET ME OUT!" emerging from diplomatic bags, it's said that any enemy of democracy is a friend to escaped inmate Elizabeth Holmes, and foreign policy often involves bullwhips and leather. Crime, especially youth-related, is pervasive, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. 13 Exploding Countries's national animal is the unironically slightly sad cowboy, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Theranos.

13 Exploding Countries is ranked 211,518^th in the world and 6^th in Shadowport for Largest Populations, with 1.82 billion capita.