The Reaper of UPC is a mammoth, safe nation, ruled by Darrow with an even hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, anti-smoking policies, and keen interest in outer space. The compassionate, democratic population of 8.546 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 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 96.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Radiant economy, worth 995 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 116,467 Diamond Broams, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Rumor has it that Darrow has won three lotteries in a row, psychiatrists bizarrely accompany Darrow to meetings with foreign heads of state, park rangers struggle to deal with a rash of stolen pic-a-nic baskets, and weekends are spent tilting at windmills. 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 305,154^th in the world and 1,386^th in Europeia for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring -21.69 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.