The Federal Republic of Uprea is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by President Bernardo Vincente with a fair hand, and notable for its ban on automobiles, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 4.408 billion Upreans hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The large, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Vasca. The average income tax rate is 81.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Uprean economy, worth 504 trillion Reas a year, is quite specialized and mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Furniture Restoration. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 114,379 Reas, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Royalist is the most offensive slur in the Uprean language, a ban on robots in disguise has transformed the entertainment industry, unpopular cops are fired at a moment's notice by the citizens they police, and there has been a series of riots between local cannibals and health food advocates. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Uprea's national animal is the Peregrine Falcon, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Uprea is ranked 27,419^th in the world and 47^th in The Western Isles for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 5,565.57 on the Gilded Widget Scale.