The Reaper of UPC is a mammoth, cultured nation, ruled by Darrow with an even hand, and renowned for its smutty television, compulsory vegetarianism, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate population of 8.921 billion Radiants are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, socially-minded morass — juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Urithiru. The average income tax rate is 97.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Radiant economy, worth a remarkable 1,107 trillion Diamond Broams a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is extremely specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 124,103 Diamond Broams, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Glittering new sports stadiums adorn every city and town, the national guard is mobilized whenever a mother gets separated from her child at the mall, it is illegal for police officers to carry out searches due to strict privacy laws, and universities spend millions cultivating ivy on their buildings. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. UPC's national animal is the Windspren, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is the Church of Honor.

UPC is ranked 315,727^th in the world and 1,321^st in Europeia for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -10.82 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.