The Imperial Federation of Improper Classifications is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Emperor Michael II with an iron fist, and notable for its state-planned economy, keen interest in outer space, and soft-spoken computers. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 4.393 billion Classifiers 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 large, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of New Thunder City. The average income tax rate is 96.9%.

The frighteningly efficient Classified economy, worth a remarkable 1,341 trillion Classifications Credits 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, fairly diversified black market in Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, Cheese Exports, and Retail. 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 amazing 305,433 Classifications Credits, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Email killed the radio star, movie producers send film critics wads of cash in their morning newspapers in anticipation of gushing praise, the government is hungry to spread communism beyond the nation's borders, and several citizens have complained about scientists abducting their pets for experimentation. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Improper Classifications's national animal is the Wolf, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Faith of the Golden Mile.

Improper Classifications is ranked 165,626^th in the world and 42^nd in The Galactics Union for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, scoring 373.62 on the Henry Ford Productivity Index.