The Trans-Ascendant Empyrea of The Galactic American Imperium is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by President Kaeso with an iron fist, and notable for its museums and concert halls, smutty television, and anti-smoking policies. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 7.448 billion Imperial Americans are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government is primarily concerned with Defense, although Industry, Education, and Law & Order are also considered important, while Welfare and Spirituality aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of New Americana. The average income tax rate is 99.6%.

The frighteningly efficient American economy, worth a remarkable 4,831 trillion Interstellar Imperial Dollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched, broadly diversified black market in Information Technology and Arms Manufacturing. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is a breathtaking 648,759 Interstellar Imperial Dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

Political activists are routinely executed, court verdicts are predictable to within a hundredth of a percentage point, doughnut-makers claim their products are healthy because they are fortified with vitamins, and war criminals are given full state funerals. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Galactic American Imperium's national animal is the Imperial Abyss Eagle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution, and its national religion is State Atheism.

The Galactic American Imperium is ranked 980^th in the world and 18^th in 10000 Islands for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 25,486.99 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.