The United Socialist States of The Union for Europe is a huge, safe nation, remarkable for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 349 million Unionists are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The enormous, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 73.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The thriving European economy, worth 25.0 trillion Euros a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Woodchip Exports, and Pizza Delivery. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 71,768 Euros, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The "Underwear of Women in Power" issue of The The Union For Europe City Times is sold out, graffiti graces every city's streets, truncheon-mounted cameras record the beating of criminals in dynamic HD detail, and explicit slash fiction is repackaged for kindergarten kids as stories about friends cuddling friends. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Union for Europe's national animal is the Bull, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

The Union for Europe is ranked 49,072^nd in the world and 15^th in Crimson Spire for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 3,984.04 on the Gilded Widget Scale.