The Free Land of Ump224 is a massive, efficient nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, compulsory military service, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 4.888 billion Ump224ians 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, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 70.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Ump224ian economy, worth a remarkable 1,069 trillion Dollars a year, is broadly diversified and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Woodchip Exports, and Uranium Mining. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 218,889 Dollars, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 747,127 per year while the poor average 47,190, a ratio of 15.8 to 1.

A PhD just ain't what it used to be, the urinary fragrance of seedier establishments is thankfully hidden by the smell of stale smoke, citizens must pay to enjoy Ump224's pristine beaches, and polygraphs are relegated to the dungeon exhibit in castle museums. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ump224's national animal is the Eagle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Ump224 is ranked 15,147^th in the world and 834^th in Lazarus for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 8,180.25 on the Gilded Widget Scale.