The Watchfires of UCN-1 is a gargantuan, efficient nation, remarkable for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, frequent executions, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 23.739 billion UCN-1ians 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, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. The average income tax rate is 61.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming UCN-1ian economy, worth a remarkable 1,805 trillion $$s a year, is quite specialized and dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Woodchip Exports, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 76,053 $$s, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

War criminals are given full state funerals, travelers often bring empty plastic bottles on Air UCN-1 flights to avoid the pay lavatories, the weather report is the prisoners' favourite programme, and the sick and dying are locked in their homes with a red "X" painted on the front door. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. UCN-1's national animal is the ^-^, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

UCN-1 is ranked 51,631^st in the world and 1^st in Union of Communist Nations for Lowest Crime Rates, with 73.71 law-abiding acts per hour.