The Corrupt Utopia of Upper Southeast Corner is a mammoth, efficient nation, ruled by Dark Leader with an iron fist, and notable for its closed borders, disturbing lack of elderly people, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 9.254 billion Usexians are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

The relatively small, corrupt, moralistic, pro-business, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Industry, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Golden Chains. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 53.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Usexian economy, worth a remarkable 2,183 trillion black nuggets a year, is broadly diversified and dominated by the Retail industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Information Technology, and Arms Manufacturing. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an amazing 235,952 black nuggets, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 2,131,776 per year while the poor average 3,148, a ratio of 677 to 1.

Pension obligations are building, the food pyramid has been replaced with the word PASTA in bold block capital letters, outdoor parties in Golden Chains are all the rave, and waste collection professionals have been canned. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Upper Southeast Corner's national animal is the black dragon, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution, and its national religion is Leaderism.

Upper Southeast Corner is ranked 330,609^th in the world and 9^th in XS IV for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring -28.81 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.