The United States of The Atlantic Southeast is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by An evil coffee hating black cat with an iron fist, and notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, zero percent divorce rate, and compulsory gun ownership. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 2.457 billion Atlantic Southeasterners are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 36.2%.

The all-consuming Atlantic Southeastern economy, worth 312 trillion Beaver Pelts a year, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Woodchip Exports, and Retail. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 127,134 Beaver Pelts, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 628,469 per year while the poor average 14,617, a ratio of 43.0 to 1.

Motorists' locations are constantly tracked by intelligence and law enforcement agencies, competing private ambulances racing to be the first to traffic accidents are a major cause of road accidents, cheap goods stamped "Made In Dàguó" are increasingly rare, and slavers view "what did your last slave die of" as a request for a demonstration. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force. The Atlantic Southeast's national animal is the Gator, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

The Atlantic Southeast is ranked 15,708^th in the world and 13^th in TPN Puppets for Most Patriotic, with 58.52 flags saluted per person per day.