The United Socialist States of Union for Progress is a large, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its national health service, sprawling nuclear power plants, and anti-smoking policies. The compassionate population of 168 million Good persons 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 Welfare. The average income tax rate is 80.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Union for Progressian economy, worth 8.36 trillion Linus 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 major contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Uranium Mining. Average income is 49,756 Linus, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Occam's razor has sliced to pieces any childhood belief in Santa Claus and the Tooth Fairy, email killed the radio star, Union for Progress's free colleges struggle to maintain standards in the face of overwhelming demand, and the Ministry of Health has reported a sharp increase in the incidence of delayed menopause. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Union for Progress's national animal is the Bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Union for Progress is ranked 145,478^th in the world and 33^rd in The Glorious Nations of Iwaku for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 1,110.63 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.