The United Socialist States of United Sheffield is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Chairman Christopher MacManus with a fair hand, and remarkable for its public floggings, irreverence towards religion, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 2.334 billion United Yorkshirians 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, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Sheffield upon Sheaf and Loxley. The average income tax rate is 73.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The very strong United Yorkshirian economy, worth 149 trillion united sheffield pounds a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Basket Weaving. Average income is 64,228 united sheffield pounds, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Geosynchronous satellites are now manned by unpaid interns, therapists dispense hugs for heroin dealers and cuddles for crackheads, Eau de Trashcan has become a wildly popular perfume, and election results are often delayed for weeks to count the expat votes. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. United Sheffield's national animal is the brown cow, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Adeism.

United Sheffield is ranked 165,989^th in the world and 61^st in New United Kingdom for Largest Populations, with 2.33 billion capita.