The Roaming Bands of The Unknown Army is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Melody Ravensong with an even hand, and remarkable for its strictly enforced bedtime, public floggings, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 26.651 billion mercenaries 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 prioritizes Defense, although Industry, Education, and Welfare are also considered important. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Hoofington. The average income tax rate is 78.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient a mercenary economy, worth a remarkable 3,333 trillion bottle caps a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Retail, and Automobile Manufacturing. Average income is an impressive 125,071 bottle caps, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

A popular saying is "a chicken for every pot and an abortion clinic on every street", families returning from international vacations are unable to get their children back into the country, Melody Ravensong is refusing to make decisions until the Moon is out of Capricorn, and the leading national news source is 'my cousin Billy-Bob on MyFace'. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. The Unknown Army's national animal is the manticore, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

The Unknown Army is ranked 37,381^st in the world and 48^th in The Order of the Grey Wardens for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 2,359.99 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.