The Republic of 48 Uma is a massive, efficient nation, notable for its keen interest in outer space, enslaved workforce, and suspicion of poets. The cynical population of 1.52 billion 48 Umen are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The large, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 70.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming 48 Uman economy, worth 157 trillion monies a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Tourism, and Cheese Exports. Average income is an impressive 103,917 monies, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.5 times as much as the poorest.

An aboriginal talking stick is used for leaders' debates at election time, scientists regularly clone human beings for research purposes, elected officials who disagree with Leader have a lot of accidents, and poaching has been on the rise after animals from the nation's zoos were released into the wild. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. 48 Uma's national animal is the card, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

48 Uma is ranked 144,050^th in the world and 361^st in Izern for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring 1,673.03 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.