The Empire of Ursus Empire is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its frequent executions, irreverence towards religion, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 1.475 billion Ursines are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Education. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 23.8%.

The Ursine economy, worth 58.2 trillion Ursine chervonets a year, is quite specialized and led by the Gambling industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 39,446 Ursine chervonets, with the richest citizens earning 9.5 times as much as the poorest.

Little children cry as their rainbow drawings are seized by the Straight-Thought Police, former stunt pilots are unable to pass the licence test to fly a drone, school uniforms are compulsory, and Leader has just been declared ruler of Ursus Empire in an international press conference. Crime is almost non-existent, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ursus Empire's national animal is the Ursus, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Ursus Empire is ranked 249,485^th in the world and 38^th in Ursus for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -5.83 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.