The United States of The 251 is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Brooks Childress with an iron fist, and notable for its keen interest in outer space, frequent executions, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, cynical, cheerful, devout population of 3.617 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 Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Robertsville. The average income tax rate is 96.7%.

The frighteningly efficient 251ian economy, worth 756 trillion dollars a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Retail. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an amazing 209,065 dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.2 times as much as the poorest.

Drug distribution is tightly controlled by the government, the regional delicacy of chocolate bombes is deadlier than an unexploded bomb, the new airport at Mr. Giles' farm is panicking his sheep, and an increasing percentage of the population's youth have homosexual parents. 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 179,352^nd in the world and 3,348^th in The East Pacific for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 21 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.