The United Socialist States of Portusgal is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by João with an even hand, and notable for its prohibition of alcohol, anti-smoking policies, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 1.893 billion Portuguese are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Lisboa. The average income tax rate is 87.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Portuguese economy, worth 160 trillion euros 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 led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Trout Farming, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is 84,982 euros, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The Ministry of Health has reported a sharp increase in the incidence of delayed menopause, psychiatrists bizarrely accompany João to meetings with foreign heads of state, older citizens lament over the loss of law and order, and schoolchildren are taught to boo and hiss at João's name. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Portusgal's national animal is the Dog, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Christianity.

Portusgal is ranked 22,190^th in the world and 30^th in Portugal for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring 8,265.17 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.