The Federatsiya of Ursaaa is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Ivan Mallory with an iron fist, and renowned for its aversion to nipples, unlimited-speed roads, and public floggings. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 3.389 billion Ursans 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 medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Rudeya. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 69.0%.

The frighteningly efficient Ursaaan economy, worth 736 trillion Ursan chezzes a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Retail. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an amazing 217,324 Ursan chezzes, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,150,238 per year while the poor average 21,768, a ratio of 52.8 to 1.

Citizens rise at daybreak every day for mandatory exercise, adult magazines are having a sales resurgence as internet anonymity disappears, celebrity foodies are biting a huge chunk out of the government budget, and no-one can foil the ambitions of Big Aluminium. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ursaaa's national animal is the for example nothing, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Religion-is-quite-silly.

Ursaaa is ranked 16,589^th in the world and 7^th in Eladria for Highest Unexpected Death Rate, scoring 108.52 on the Bus Surprisal Index.