The Commonwealth of United Sequoia is a small, cultured nation, renowned for its compulsory military service, irreverence towards religion, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, cynical population of 45 million Sequoians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The large, moralistic, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 56.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but sluggish Sequoian economy, worth 1.13 trillion Shondie-Francs a year, is mostly made up of the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology and Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 25,117 Shondie-Francs, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Teenage TV characters are played by thirty-year-olds by the end of the second season, the comic book series 'Leader and the Villainous Corporate Cronies' is a best-seller, all facts are created equal, and the nationalistic national anthem inspires citizens to literally spit at foreigners. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. United Sequoia's national animal is the Tree, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

United Sequoia is ranked 261,262^nd in the world and 14^th in Kaiserverse for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -6.56 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.