The Republic of Unicoast is a small, socially progressive nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape and compulsory military service. The hard-working, democratic population of 36 million Unicoastians are effectively ruled by a group of massive corporations, who run for political office and provide their well-off citizens with world-class goods and services. Their poorer citizens, however, are mostly starving to death while being urged to go out and get real jobs. The populace has reasonably extensive civil rights, although these are mostly aimed at allowing them to buy whatever they like.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Defense. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 9.5%.

The very strong Unicoastian economy, worth 2.01 trillion Australs a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Retail, and Uranium Mining. Average income is 55,939 Australs, with the richest citizens earning 9.4 times as much as the poorest.

A large-scale revitalization of the education system is underway and scientists regularly clone human beings for research purposes. Crime is moderate, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Unicoast's national animal is the Rhino, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Unicoast is ranked 113,331^st in the world and 141^st in Empire of Great Britain for Largest Welfare Programs, scoring 1,263.09 on the Safety Net Mesh Density Rating.