The Democratic Republic of Ubeland is a huge, genial nation, remarkable for its daily referendums, frequent executions, and state-planned economy. The compassionate, democratic population of 204 million Ubelandians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The medium-sized, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Healthcare, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 52.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Ubelandian economy, worth 15.9 trillion pesos a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is dominated by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is 77,807 pesos, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Eau de Trashcan has become a wildly popular perfume, the media seems excessively interested in what Leader is wearing this season, citizens are deployed to barren deserts to protect small territorial claims, 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. Ubeland's national animal is the penguin, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Ubeland is ranked 187,239^th in the world and 4,334^th in The North Pacific for Highest Foreign Aid Spending, scoring zero on the Clooney Contribution Index.