The United States of Samenith is a mammoth, efficient nation, ruled by William Williams with an iron fist, and renowned for its rum-swilling pirates, pith helmet sales, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 8.793 billion Samenithians 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 enormous, corrupt, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Samenith City. The average income tax rate is 89.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Samenithian economy, worth 981 trillion Samenithian Dollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Furniture Restoration, and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 111,634 Samenithian Dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

Airports offer up-charged enemas, the most notorious criminals are given the Consequences of Your Actions Award, it is against the rules of boxing to hit above or below the belt, and small children are frequently chased by rehabilitated pitbulls. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Samenith's national animal is the wolf, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Gnosticism.

Samenith is ranked 12,477^th in the world and 136^th in the South Pacific for Most Advanced Defense Forces, scoring 9,694.41 on the Total War Preparedness Rating.