The Republic of Urnud is a gargantuan, safe nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service, devotion to social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 15.937 billion Urnudians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The enormous, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Welfare, and Education. The average income tax rate is 69.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but sluggish Urnudian economy, worth 464 trillion Octiuses a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Beef-Based Agriculture industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Basket Weaving, and Cheese Exports. Average income is 29,128 Octiuses, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

College students make ends meet by selling their kidneys, citizens select which government department gets their income tax Octiuss each year, voting is compulsory, and organ donation is compulsory. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Urnud's national animal is the Mongoose, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Urnud is ranked 61,277^th in the world and 232^nd in Artificial Solar System for Lowest Crime Rates, with 71.52 law-abiding acts per hour.