The Republic of Urial88 is a colossal, orderly nation, notable for its smutty television, soft-spoken computers, and ubiquitous missile silos. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 7.424 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 1,675 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 288,491^st in the world and 11,277^th in Lazarus for Safest, scoring 4.37 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.