The Superior Administration of The Authority of the Underwater Cities is a colossal, orderly nation, ruled by The great and powerful AUTHORITY with an iron fist, and remarkable for its ritual sacrifices, enslaved workforce, and infamous sell-swords. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 2.943 billion Underwaterans 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 medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, with Law & Order, Administration, and Industry also on the agenda. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Tritonas. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 71.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Underwateran economy, worth 542 trillion ₾Lapods a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched, broadly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Retail, Uranium Mining, and Pizza Delivery. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an impressive 184,395 ₾Lapods, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 801,044 per year while the poor average 26,910, a ratio of 29.8 to 1.

Trails to natural wonders are littered with trash from reality film crews, children who can't memorize their multiplication tables are sent to the mines, terrified tympanists are finding themselves on the front lines armed only with kettledrums, and a proud mining community is considering a rebellion after the Capital officially renamed them 'District XII'. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Authority of the Underwater Cities's national animal is the Pterodactyl, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

The Authority of the Underwater Cities is ranked 41,615^th in the world and 1^st in North South East West for Most Developed, scoring 79.29 on the Human Development Index.