The United States of F117 Nighthawk is a mid-sized, safe nation, renowned for its compulsory military service, irreverence towards religion, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-working population of 76 million F117 Nighthawkians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. The average income tax rate is 16.3%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The very strong F117 Nighthawkian economy, worth 4.58 trillion dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Furniture Restoration, and Automobile Manufacturing. Average income is 60,197 dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.8 times as much as the poorest.

Government-sponsored WiFi allows farmers to rant about city folks in real time, the nation's soldiers often believe they're in the Air Force, international tensions are high as F117 Nighthawk threatens any government with the audacity to arrest its citizens, and students and teachers are regularly stopped and searched for symbols of religious affiliation before class. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force. F117 Nighthawk's national animal is the Nighthwak, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

F117 Nighthawk is ranked 254,440^th in the world and 8^th in Project Nighthawk for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring -4.54 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.