The Republic socialist of Understar is a massive, genial nation, ruled by Perry Alinol with an even hand, and notable for its free-roaming dinosaurs, vat-grown people, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, humorless, devout population of 2.014 billion Understarians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, corrupt, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of andrew star. The average income tax rate is 89.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Understarian economy, worth 290 trillion undes dollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Basket Weaving, Book Publishing, and Uranium Mining. Average income is an impressive 144,473 undes dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The nation's economic policies have a narrow area of effect, the nation locks people up and tells them they're mad for compassion's sake, elementary school students are required to master Bach's Chaconne in D before graduation, and the official Understarian Phrase Book weighs as much as a small child. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Understar's national animal is the anomalies, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Islam.

Understar is ranked 238,535^th in the world and 549^th in The Communist Bloc for Safest, scoring 37.65 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.