Presents a blend of humor and a civic textbook to cover American politics, international relations, religion, and culture.

Civics, pimped out: the DC hustle and flow (or, the game, as played almost entirely by non-pimps) -- Dynasty: the closest you'll get to royalty in the USA (except when actual royalty visits us) -- Economics made fun (or, check out these photographs of adorable animals!) -- Diplo-messy: foreign affairs (but not in the "people I've kissed on vacation" sense) -- God bless this mess: peaceful religions and why they fight -- Hot buttons: the issues Americans like to yell about most -- You've read this book, now what?.