The Life Feeds on Life of Undertow is a titanic, efficient nation, ruled by Leader with an even hand, and remarkable for its enslaved workforce, ubiquitous missile silos, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed, devout population of 19.697 billion Undertowians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Education, Law & Order, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Undertow City. The average income tax rate is 70.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Undertowian economy, worth a remarkable 1,634 trillion tools a year, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Uranium Mining, and Information Technology. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 82,973 tools, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.5 times as much as the poorest.

Prodigal children celebrate as charitable bequests plummet, it is popularly believed that "cheese every day keeps disaster away", eating kids as food has been enshrined in law, and bowling teams spend more time looking at their phones than the pins. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Undertow's national animal is the boar, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Undertow is ranked 19,893^rd in the world and 1^st in Tool for Largest Populations, with 19.7 billion capita.