The United States of Terrisuns is a small, efficient nation, renowned for its compulsory military service and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 36 million Terrisunsians are free to succeed or fail in life on their own merits; the successful tend to enjoy an opulent (but moralistic) lifestyle, while the failures can be seen crowding out most jails.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 19.4%.

The very strong Terrisunsian economy, worth 1.94 trillion dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Basket Weaving, and Trout Farming. Average income is 53,873 dollars, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 152,074 per year while the poor average 15,277, a ratio of 10.0 to 1.

Scientists regularly clone human beings for research purposes, organ donation is compulsory, Fox is one of the most popular forenames in Terrisuns, and the latest Harry Potter book is a bestseller. Crime, especially youth-related, is well under control, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Terrisuns's national animal is the fox.

Terrisuns is ranked 122,894^th in the world and 2,279^th in the Pacific for Safest, scoring 73.1 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.