The United and Free States of Unterlander is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by the Patriots with an iron fist, and renowned for its compulsory military service, smutty television, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 5.083 billion Unterlanderians 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 medium-sized, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Defense, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Stadt von Neu Manhattan. The average income tax rate is 45.1%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The strong Unterlanderian economy, worth 379 trillion marks a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Arms Manufacturing, and Woodchip Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 74,704 marks, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Ambulances aren't allowed to overtake hearses, money can't buy happiness but it can buy immunity to prosecution, fake designer clothes are shredded and burnt while many in the world don't have a shirt on their back, and cyclists spend more time unlocking their bicycles than they do cycling. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Unterlander's national animal is the eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Protestantism.

Unterlander is ranked 181,246^th in the world and 3,555^th in The North Pacific for Most Primitive, scoring -71.13 on the Scary Big Number Scale.