The Republic of Urdix is a mammoth, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Empress Urd with an even hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, irreverence towards religion, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate population of 7.617 billion Urdixians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Administration, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Urdix. The average income tax rate is 62.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Urdixian economy, worth 448 trillion pounds a year, is broadly diversified and dominated by the Beef-Based Agriculture industry, with significant contributions from Woodchip Exports, Tourism, and Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 58,756 pounds, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Recreational drug businesses are regularly pruned if they grow above the maximum legal size, "Empress Urd got your tongue?" has become a popular idiom, selling your granddad's clothes requires an incredible amount of paperwork, and students at universities think exercise bikes are pieces of abstract art. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Urdix's national animal is the Eastern grey squirrel, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is The Force.

Urdix is ranked 59,751^st in the world and 4^th in Hiding Place for Most Extensive Public Healthcare, scoring 2,862.02 on the Theresa-Nightingale Rating.