The Republic of Urial88 is a colossal, efficient nation, renowned for its daily referendums, state-planned economy, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 7.419 billion Urial88ians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 59.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Urial88ian economy, worth a remarkable 1,674 trillion florins a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched black market in Arms Manufacturing, Beef-Based Agriculture, Woodchip Exports, and Furniture Restoration. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an amazing 225,735 florins, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.5 times as much as the poorest.

Death row inmates cower in fear at the phrase "one-year anniversary", citizens with artificial limbs are forbidden to serve as beauty pageant judges, rumours have it that a secret police is responsible for the recent spate of missing persons, and politicians and casino owners who so much as wander into the same room are arrested on the spot. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Urial88's national animal is the panther, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Urial88 is ranked 160,817^th in the world and 6,213^th in Lazarus for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, scoring 479.2 on the Henry Ford Productivity Index.