The Allied States of HMS Devastation is a mammoth, safe nation, renowned for its frequent executions, ubiquitous missile silos, and public floggings. The quiet, industrious population of 5.05 billion HMS Devastationians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized government prioritizes Defense, with Education, Law & Order, and Welfare also on the agenda. The average income tax rate is 34.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The large but inefficient HMS Devastationian economy, worth 194 trillion Delta Eagles a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Furniture Restoration, Automobile Manufacturing, and Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 38,507 Delta Eagles, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.6 times as much as the poorest.

The government expresses surprisingly intense opinions on the use of whip pans, access to the woods is only granted to those who bring a small shrubbery, confused drunks wake up to irate drill sergeants whipping them into shape, and a tax exemption has created a new hunger for octogenarian millionaires dating women 60 years their younger. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. HMS Devastation's national animal is the Kitsune.

HMS Devastation is ranked 137,742^nd in the world and 3^rd in Navy for Highest Average Tax Rates, with 34.76 Effective Tax Rate.