The United Socialist States of Urtla is a very large, genial nation, remarkable for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, irreverence towards religion, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, cynical population of 210 million Urtlans are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The enormous, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Defense, and Education. The average income tax rate is 73.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant Urtlan economy, worth 2.10 trillion Urtla rubles a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Information Technology. Average income is 9,989 Urtla rubles, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Tom and Jerry cartoons have cat and mouse resolving their problems with reasoned discussion, the pursuit of wanted criminals ends at the entrance of the pay'n'spray garage as police refuse to enter any private property, politicians are often seen with soldiers pointing guns at their heads, and older citizens lament over the loss of law and order. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Urtla's national animal is the Parakeet , which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Urtla is ranked 310,551^st in the world and 119^th in Estalcia for Highest Average Incomes, with 9,989.42 Standard Monetary Units.