The Federal Republic of 109 Uma is a massive, efficient nation, renowned for its keen interest in outer space, pith helmet sales, and enslaved workforce. The compassionate, cynical, devout population of 1.365 billion 109 Umen are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Administration. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 41.6%.

The powerhouse 109 Uman economy, worth 109 trillion monies a year, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Trout Farming, and Automobile Manufacturing. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 80,230 monies, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 328,616 per year while the poor average 12,950, a ratio of 25.4 to 1.

The state-controlled media salutes those about to spy, exorbitant spending on icebreakers breaks the ice at every budget meeting, the new national mascot has to be wheeled onto the field of play, and arms manufacturing has been put at an arm's length. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. 109 Uma's national animal is the card, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

109 Uma is ranked 222,805^th in the world and 489^th in Izern for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -4.1 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.