The Commonwealth of United Sequoia is a large, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its ritual sacrifices, keen interest in outer space, and irreverence towards religion. The quiet, industrious population of 117 million Sequoians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The large, moralistic, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Administration, and Education. The average income tax rate is 61.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Sequoian economy, worth 4.40 trillion Shondie-Francs 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 a slick, highly efficient black market in Trout Farming, Information Technology, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Arms Manufacturing. 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 37,580 Shondie-Francs, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The new Sequoian-made OS is buggier and more inconvenient than a horse-drawn carriage, newborns are being raised as mindless killing machines, political gridlock ensues as even the most innocuous legislation is vetoed by the Supreme Court for potential civil rights violations, and the Communist Party claims that selling things for profit isn't necessarily capitalism. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. United Sequoia's national animal is the Tree, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

United Sequoia is ranked 300,911^th in the world and 18^th in Singapore for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 14,355.74 Standard Monetary Units.