The United Arab Republics of North African Empire is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Union Commander Muhammad Nasser with an even hand, and remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, zero percent divorce rate, and smutty television. The hard-nosed, humorless, devout population of 24.183 billion North Africans have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Rabat. The average income tax rate is 94.1%.

The frighteningly efficient North African economy, worth a remarkable 4,430 trillion Union Dinars a year, is quite specialized and mostly made up of the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Woodchip Exports and Soda Sales. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 183,208 Union Dinars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.8 times as much as the poorest.

Old folks reminisce about the last time someone was acquitted of a crime, builders across North African Empire are blocked up with orders for new public loos, even the nation's brussel sprouts are delicious and nutritious, and colonists who were promised new lands find only war-torn devastation. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. North African Empire's national animal is the Union Rhino, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Prophetical Islam.

North African Empire is ranked 1,801^st in the world and 1^st in Global Powers for Largest Black Market, with 1,600 trillion Standard Monetary Units.