The Loyal Estates and Houses of Untecna is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Irulan Rotheca with an iron fist, and notable for its closed borders, frequent executions, and vat-grown people. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 8.416 billion Untecnans are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The relatively small, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, although Education, Law & Order, and Administration are also considered important, while International Aid and Spirituality receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Archos. The average income tax rate is 83.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Untecnan economy, worth a remarkable 3,417 trillion Solaris 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, broadly diversified black market in Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, and Uranium Mining. 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 406,114 Solaris, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government's economic policy can be summed up as "Abort, Retry, Fail?", politicians accepting drinks in bars are executed for taking bribes, children as young as twelve are conscripted into the armed forces, and military spending is on the increase. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Untecna's national animal is the Pleiai jackal, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Crymenathea.

Untecna is ranked 283,763^rd in the world and 136^th in Institute of Cellulose for Highest Foreign Aid Spending, scoring -16.12 on the Clooney Contribution Index.