The People's Socialist Republic of Urgabah is a gargantuan, cultured nation, renowned for its parental licensing program, national health service, and keen interest in outer space. The compassionate, cheerful population of 36.933 billion Urgabahians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, liberal, socially-minded morass — juggles the competing demands of Environment, Education, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Cornucopia. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Urgabahian economy, worth an astonishing 13,939 trillion Uollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Tourism. Average income is an amazing 377,431 Uollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Local mafias have a tough time disposing of dead snitches without catching the attention of recycling authorities, dog breeding has been banned in accordance with recent animal experimentation laws, undersea volcanoes receive strongly worded letters for violating environmental regulations, and the nation's navy has been named the scourge of the seven thousand seas. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Urgabah's national animal is the Monitor Lizard, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Urgabah is ranked 214,503^rd in the world and 4,899^th in the West Pacific for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -56.97 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.