The United States of The 251 is a massive, orderly nation, ruled by Brooks Childress with an iron fist, and remarkable for its national health service, pith helmet sales, and complete lack of prisons. The compassionate, cynical, cheerful, devout population of 3.642 billion 251ians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The large, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Robertsville. The average income tax rate is 96.9%.

The frighteningly efficient 251ian economy, worth 762 trillion dollars a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Retail. Average income is an amazing 209,259 dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

Withdrawal of support for drug addicts is leaving many with cold sweats, referenda are banned by law and the Parliament has absolute control of the legislative process, would-be emigrants are told "abandon all hope all ye who would exit here", and anti-vaxxers claim that injected children are prone to psychotic breaks when they see the 'Queen of Diamonds' playing card. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The 251's national animal is the Domestic House Cat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Catholicism.

The 251 is ranked 143,009^th in the world and 2,491^st in The East Pacific for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 570.48 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.