The Imperial Federation of Improper Classifications is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Emperor Michael II with an iron fist, and notable for its teetotalling pirates, complete lack of prisons, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 4.306 billion Classifiers 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 large, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of New Thunder City. The average income tax rate is 96.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Classified economy, worth a remarkable 1,306 trillion Classifications Credits 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, fairly diversified black market in Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, Retail, and Cheese Exports. 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 an amazing 303,311 Classifications Credits, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Gift baskets often contain working nukes, military minds worry that 'the blue screen of death' on brand new operating systems may be a literal description, interest in globalism never flags, and sports fans complain that cricket tests now last an unbearable ten days. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Improper Classifications's national animal is the Wolf, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Faith of the Golden Mile.

Improper Classifications is ranked 5,506^th in the world and 4^th in The Galactics Union for Lowest Crime Rates, with 114.18 law-abiding acts per hour.