The United Socialist States of Union for Progress is a large, safe nation, notable for its museums and concert halls, sprawling nuclear power plants, and restrictive gun laws. The compassionate population of 136 million Good persons are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 80.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Union for Progressian economy, worth 6.18 trillion Linus a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Uranium Mining. Average income is 45,420 Linus, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Excited shovel-bearing geeks wander the countryside, it is not politically correct to suspect that a serially convicted burglar might steal again, an underground movement of cigarette smokers has sprung up in response to a government ban, and a byzantine web of conspiracies and secret alliances must be navigated any time legislation is voted upon. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Union for Progress's national animal is the Bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Union for Progress is ranked 20,356^th in the world and 50^th in The Glorious Nations of Iwaku for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 3,306.52 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.