The Democratic Republic of Ubeland is a very large, efficient nation, renowned for its compulsory military service, state-planned economy, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 157 million Ubelandians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Healthcare, and Education. The average income tax rate is 44.4%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Ubelandian economy, worth 11.8 trillion pesos 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 dominated by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Uranium Mining. Average income is 74,976 pesos, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Traumatised refugees have a full bedpan shoved into their hands along with their immigration papers, Ubelandian watches list strained wrists as a common side effect, thieves find battery shops juicier targets than banks, and all recreational drugs are legal. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ubeland's national animal is the penguin, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Ubeland is ranked 78,950^th in the world and 2,102^nd in The North Pacific for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 2,692.49 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.