The Republic of Urial97 is a massive, orderly nation, remarkable for its state-planned economy, keen interest in outer space, and free-roaming dinosaurs. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 4.345 billion Urial97ians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The enormous, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Industry, and Education. The average income tax rate is 81.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Urial97ian economy, worth 614 trillion rupees a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched black market in Woodchip Exports, Information Technology, Basket Weaving, and Gambling. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an impressive 141,446 rupees, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.7 times as much as the poorest.

Cinemas play art-house movies to ever-shrinking audiences as film critics rule the industry, politicians stage photo ops featuring barely functional fighter jets, the elderly are killed softly with a song, and homeless people are periodically found dead upon altars to assorted deities. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Urial97's national animal is the emu, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Urial97 is ranked 3,062^nd in the world and 81^st in The East Pacific for Largest Black Market, with 854 trillion Standard Monetary Units.