The Res publica of Upper Secundus is a gargantuan, orderly nation, ruled by Volesus Caeliger with an iron fist, and remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, pith helmet sales, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 15.483 billion Upper Secundians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The medium-sized, corrupt government is primarily concerned with Defense, although Law & Order, Industry, and Healthcare are also considered important, while Welfare and Social Policy aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Upper Secundus. The average income tax rate is 48.9%.

The frighteningly efficient Upper Secundian economy, worth a remarkable 4,185 trillion Aureuses a year, is broadly diversified and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Information Technology, Retail, Arms Manufacturing, and Uranium Mining. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an amazing 270,311 Aureuses, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.2 times as much as the poorest.

Lottery winners spend most of their money on security, doctors prescribe medicines but they rarely dispense hope or compassion, 'Mountain Doobie' is widely regarded as the nation's favourite drink, and both criminals and civilians are DOA. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Upper Secundus's national animal is the Eagle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution, and its national religion is Cultus Deorum.

Upper Secundus is ranked 290,300^th in the world and 2^nd in Villa for Highest Food Quality, scoring 2.99 on the Meeshlin-Starr Index.