The Tricks and Traps of Usodere is a mammoth, orderly nation, remarkable for its public floggings, ritual sacrifices, and hatred of cheese. The compassionate, cynical, devout population of 8.8 billion Usodereans are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The medium-sized government prioritizes Defense, although Administration, Industry, and Education are also considered important, while International Aid is ignored. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 46.3%.

The all-consuming Usoderean economy, worth 691 trillion lire a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, fairly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Furniture Restoration, Automobile Manufacturing, and Information Technology. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 78,525 lire, with the richest citizens earning 7.0 times as much as the poorest.

The Usoderean Intelligence Agency has put 'Project Quantum Refrigerator' on hold indefinitely, Animal Liberationists are regularly arrested, sick Usodereans are hair today and gone tomorrow, and bike rage is all the rage. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Usodere's national animal is the swan, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Usodere is ranked 219,909^th in the world and 1^st in BKPCPTPIB for Highest Drug Use, scoring 80.5 on the Pineapple Fondness Rating.