The Republic of Uranus08 is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Dick with an iron fist, and remarkable for its strictly enforced bedtime, otherworldly petting zoo, and frequent executions. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 39.126 billion Uranus08ians 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 minute, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government, or what there is of one, juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Uranus08 City. Income tax is unheard of.

The frighteningly efficient Uranus08ian economy, worth an astonishing 16,215 trillion Plugs a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Uranium Mining industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Retail, and Woodchip Exports. Black market activity is frequent. Average income is an amazing 414,436 Plugs, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,808,204 per year while the poor average 60,023, a ratio of 30.1 to 1.

More and more people are signing up for the government party, tour guides tell passengers that there is beautiful architecture just behind the two-hundred-foot concrete walls, slaving over a hot stove to cook the family dinner isn't metaphorical in Uranus08, and jailbreaking is the best-selling book category of the year. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force. Uranus08's national animal is the Monkey, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is a major religion.

Uranus08 is ranked 414^th in the world and 14^th in Osiris for Highest Unexpected Death Rate, scoring 526.62 on the Bus Surprisal Index.