The Incorporated States of American Telephone and Telegraph is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by Leader with a fair hand, and notable for its burgeoning lineman population. The hard-working, democratic population of 26.631 billion American Telephone and Telegraphians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of American Telephone and Telegraph City. The average income tax rate is 32.4%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The strong American Telephone and Telegraphian economy, worth a remarkable 1,133 trillion Western Electric Model 2500s a year, is quite specialized and led by the Gambling industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Automobile Manufacturing, and Information Technology. Average income is 42,550 Western Electric Model 2500s, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.9 times as much as the poorest.

American Telephone and Telegraph has designated American Telephone and Telegraph City as its capital city, roads are often attended by round-the-clock construction crews, a well-funded social safety net protects the unfortunate, and Leader has just been declared ruler of American Telephone and Telegraph in an international press conference. Crime, especially youth-related, is moderate, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. American Telephone and Telegraph's national animal is the lineman.

American Telephone and Telegraph is ranked 61,029^th in the world and 1,400^th in the Rejected Realms for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, scoring 3,772.43 on the Henry Ford Productivity Index.