The CUP Imperial Province of The CUD is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by Da Gong Nio with an even hand, and renowned for its keen interest in outer space, ritual sacrifices, and smutty television. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 41.457 billion Confederates 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 medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Duron. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient a Confederate economy, worth an astonishing 28,609 trillion Silver Seers a year, is broadly diversified and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Information Technology, Book Publishing, Arms Manufacturing, and Automobile Manufacturing. Average income is a breathtaking 690,097 Silver Seers, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 3,606,835 per year while the poor average 70,955, a ratio of 50.8 to 1.

Politicians preface their speeches with a declaration that any resemblance to speeches given by individuals living or dead is purely coincidental, the new cheese tax is colloquially known as "wheel welfare", it's considered a civil right to be allowed to neglect and mistreat your own children, and hundreds of subterranean tunnels are being built as part of "Project Morlock". Crime, especially youth-related, is all-pervasive, probably because of the absence of a police force. The CUD's national animal is the Jaguar, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

The CUD is ranked 23^rd in the world and 2^nd in Eladen for Largest Black Market, with 44,980 trillion Standard Monetary Units.