The United States of Ump442 is a massive, efficient nation, remarkable for its avowedly heterosexual populace, multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, and parental licensing program. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 4.774 billion Ump442ians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 57.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Ump442ian economy, worth 939 trillion Dollars a year, is fairly diversified and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Woodchip Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 196,768 Dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.7 times as much as the poorest.

Citizens live in superstitious fear of the mysterious glowing clouds that float over Ump442, urban graffiti is hand-calligraphed in perfectly kerned elegant fonts, cheese lovers have a case of the bleus, and artists from across the nation compete to renovate the restrooms of old government buildings. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ump442's national animal is the Giraffe, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Ump442 is ranked 171,537^th in the world and 6,587^th in Balder for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, scoring 229.86 on the Henry Ford Productivity Index.