The Republic of Union of Love is a gargantuan, orderly nation, ruled by Leader with an iron fist, and remarkable for its frequent executions, avowedly heterosexual populace, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 45.137 billion Union of Loveans 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 government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, corrupt, well-organized morass — juggles the competing demands of Education, Law & Order, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Union of Love City. The average income tax rate is 92.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Union of Lovean economy, worth a remarkable 7,637 trillion unions a year, is driven almost entirely by government activity, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched, highly specialized black market in Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, and Book Publishing. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. State-owned companies are the norm. Average income is an impressive 169,210 unions, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

A favorite "life hack" for gap year backpackers is to pretend to be homeless for government handouts, god-fearing citizens can be seen in prayer circles around the Big Max impact crater, biker gangs and fashionistas are converting to Violetism en masse, and The Pipe Bomb Makers' Pop-Up Book can be found in preschool libraries. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Union of Love's national animal is the Black Caique, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Union of Love is ranked 6,017^th in the world and 9^th in Portugal for Lowest Crime Rates, with 112.07 law-abiding acts per hour.