The Republic of Uminaku is a mammoth, socially progressive nation, ruled by State Assembly with a fair hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, avant-garde cinema, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic population of 6.524 billion Uminak love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Toyohara. The average income tax rate is 87.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Uminak economy, worth 842 trillion Tengs a year, is dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 129,100 Tengs, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

Cultural heritage is measured in Scoville Heat Units, civil engineers are undermining sinkholes, it's a jungle out there, and all you have to do is pray to get into Uminaku. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Uminaku's national animal is the Sakhalin Leaf Warbler, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Uminaku is ranked 267,571^st in the world and 1,077^th in the Pacific for Largest Black Market, with 106 billion Standard Monetary Units.