The Republic of U M E is a small, efficient nation, renowned for its compulsory military service and irreverence towards religion. The hard-working, democratic population of 26 million U M Eians are effectively ruled by a group of massive corporations, who run for political office and provide their well-off citizens with world-class goods and services. Their poorer citizens, however, are mostly starving to death while being urged to go out and get real jobs. The populace has reasonably extensive civil rights, although these are mostly aimed at allowing them to buy whatever they like.

The tiny, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Healthcare. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 7.1%.

The thriving U M Eian economy, worth 1.60 trillion Dinars a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is fairly diversified and led by the Gambling industry, with major contributions from Door-to-door Insurance Sales, Information Technology, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is 61,586 Dinars, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 217,997 per year while the poor average 12,562, a ratio of 17.4 to 1.

Crime is a problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. U M E's national animal is the Long Legged Buzzard, which can occasionally be seen dodging aircraft in the nation's cities.

U M E is ranked 134,046^th in the world and 587^th in The Frontier Sea for Most Compassionate Citizens, scoring 43 on the Kitten Softness Rating.