The United Socialist States of Pusid Ughter is a mammoth, cultured nation, notable for its museums and concert halls, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The cynical, humorless population of 6.88 billion Pusid Ughterians 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, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Swan City. The average income tax rate is 53.7%.

The frighteningly efficient Pusid Ughterian economy, worth a remarkable 1,123 trillion lire a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Book Publishing, and Tourism. Black market activity is extensive. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 163,327 lire, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.8 times as much as the poorest.

Government employees are authorized driver's licenses to get their bosses much-needed morning espressos, universities now offer degrees in cycling etiquette, oilmen are in the business of greasing people's palms, and the government single-handedly sustains the bunk bed market. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Pusid Ughter's national animal is the swan, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Pusid Ughter is ranked 165,764^th in the world and 1,459^th in the West Pacific for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 258.22 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.