The Federal Republic of 78 Uma is a massive, safe nation, renowned for its parental licensing program, zero percent divorce rate, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 1.65 billion 78 Umen are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The large, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Education. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 64.9%.

The thriving 78 Uman economy, worth 161 trillion monies a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Information Technology, and Cheese Exports. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 97,522 monies, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 377,123 per year while the poor average 17,304, a ratio of 21.8 to 1.

4-year-olds are often found reminiscing about the 'good old days', the Not a Tax Haven Foundation is the most popular charity, friendly fire incidents usually result in severe burns, and Maxtopian tourists make expensive pilgrimages to 78 Uma City to enjoy their national art. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. 78 Uma's national animal is the card, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

78 Uma is ranked 22,656^th in the world and 81^st in Izern for Largest Cheese Export Sector, scoring 5,667.56 on the Mozzarella Productivity Index.