The Commonwealth of UnderCouch is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its public floggings, daily referendums, and sprawling nuclear power plants. The compassionate, devout population of 891 million UnderCouchians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Washrington DC. The average income tax rate is 34.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The strong UnderCouchian economy, worth 56.7 trillion Milkrings a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Furniture Restoration, Arms Manufacturing, and Automobile Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 63,655 Milkrings, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.

Footballers are doing aerobics in the sauna to build their hot weather endurance, economic output is rising as the chronically depressed are persuaded not to burden society, parents dread their examinations more than their children, and many whiskies taste suspiciously like automobile radiators. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. UnderCouch's national animal is the Dustbunny, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

UnderCouch is ranked 246,912^th in the world and 132^nd in Democratic Socialist Assembly for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring -5.94 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.