The Republic socialist of Understar is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Perry Alinol with an even hand, and remarkable for its avant-garde cinema, sprawling nuclear power plants, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, humorless, devout population of 2.066 billion Understarians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The large, corrupt, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of andrew star. The average income tax rate is 90.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Understarian economy, worth 298 trillion undes dollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Basket Weaving, Book Publishing, and Uranium Mining. Average income is an impressive 144,716 undes dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Many marriages go virtually unconsummated, opposition party MPs campaign shirtless to show off their numerous lash scars, down payment blues in foreign nations are a thing of the past, and soldiers with colourful mohawks make themselves perfect targets for snipers. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Understar's national animal is the anomalies, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Islam.

Understar is ranked 320,373^rd in the world and 344^th in The Communist Bloc for Highest Unexpected Death Rate, scoring 20.64 on the Bus Surprisal Index.