The Democratic Republic of Unite commune is a colossal, genial nation, ruled by chang zheng automation system with an even hand, and remarkable for its daily referendums, ubiquitous missile silos, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, democratic population of 9.521 billion Unite communeans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Defense, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of lighthouse. The average income tax rate is 98.7%.

The frighteningly efficient Unite communean economy, worth a remarkable 2,336 trillion Labor points a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Book Publishing, and Trout Farming. Average income is an amazing 245,452 Labor points, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Authorities are looking for a stool pigeon to rat out who is stealing food from pigeon toilets, slackers at work are told to "crack on with it", billions of Labor points are being blown on orbital weapons development, and the nation turns a blind eye to human rights abuses in its quest for athletic supremacy. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Unite commune's national animal is the ant, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is dialectical materialism.

Unite commune is ranked 2,362^nd in the world and 1^st in New Trantor for Lowest Crime Rates, with 138.6 law-abiding acts per hour.