The Confederacy of Ump29 is a colossal, cultured nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, enslaved workforce, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 6.871 billion Ump29ians 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 Defense, Industry, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 81.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Ump29ian economy, worth a remarkable 1,522 trillion Dollars a year, is fairly diversified and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Arms Manufacturing, Woodchip Exports, Information Technology, and Uranium Mining. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an amazing 221,530 Dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.3 times as much as the poorest.

Scavengers with burlap sacks and shovels skulk around graveyards, athletic teenagers are among the wealthiest members of society, textbooks are exactly twice as heavy as they used to be, and the government regularly reassures citizens that there are no monsters under their beds. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ump29's national animal is the Giraffe, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Ump29 is ranked 243,800^th in the world and 9,046^th in Lazarus for Highest Food Quality, scoring 8.1 on the Meeshlin-Starr Index.