The Republic of Vupaguun is a gargantuan, genial nation, ruled by Robert Nekrasov with a fair hand, and renowned for its daily referendums, keen interest in outer space, and smutty television. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful, devout population of 35.942 billion Vupaguunians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Environment, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Vupagrad. The average income tax rate is 80.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Vupaguunian economy, worth a remarkable 4,327 trillion Rubles a year, is highly specialized and mostly made up of the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing and Information Technology. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 120,405 Rubles, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.

Dynamite sales and concert audiences are booming, diplomats miss flights while wandering Vupagrad Airport's endless art maze, the nation's holy places are littered with doughnut crumbs, and the government regularly hires contractors to construct high rise apartments. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Vupaguun's national animal is the Schneider's Skink, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Christianity.

Vupaguun is ranked 29,478^th in the world and 1^st in Schuylkill Valley for Highest Poor Incomes, with 75,877.19 Standard Monetary Units.