The United Socialist States of Last Outer Heaven is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Premier Rodriguez with an iron fist, and remarkable for its smutty television, daily referendums, and free-roaming dinosaurs. The compassionate, cynical, cheerful population of 17.474 billion Heavenians are ruled with an iron fist by the socialist government, which grants its people the freedom to do whatever they like so long as it doesn't involve getting richer than anybody else or challenging the government.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Zanzibar. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Heavenian economy, worth a remarkable 5,212 trillion New Dollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing and Tourism. Average income is an amazing 298,311 New Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The Zanzibar Film Festival recently voted 'Heavenian Getting Hit By Football' as best film, life expectancies inside correctional facilities vastly exceed the national average, preschools put children down for naps with milk, cookies, and a gruesome story of vengeance, and war is made in the name of love. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Last Outer Heaven's national animal is the Snake, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Atheism.

Last Outer Heaven is ranked 595^th in the world and 16^th in The Communist Bloc for Lowest Crime Rates, with 188.64 law-abiding acts per hour.