The United States of John Philip Sousa is a titanic, efficient nation, ruled by John Philip Sousa with an iron fist, and remarkable for its infamous sell-swords, zero percent divorce rate, and compulsory military service. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 11.047 billion John Philip Sousans 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 large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Law & Order, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Washington DC. The average income tax rate is 74.5%.

The frighteningly efficient John Philip Sousan economy, worth a remarkable 1,376 trillion Sousaphones a year, is broadly diversified and dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Arms Manufacturing, and Pizza Delivery. Black market activity is extensive. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 124,624 Sousaphones, with the richest citizens earning 5.0 times as much as the poorest.

Fraternities are rejoicing at government-subsidized partying, a small country is wondering where their capitol building's gold dome went, other worlds are informed of limited-time sales millennia after they conclude, and the nation is relieved that all of the recent madness has finally come to an end. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. John Philip Sousa's national animal is the March, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

John Philip Sousa is ranked 115,772^nd in the world and 54^th in The Card Mine for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 86.68 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.