The United Socialist States of Urtla is a very large, genial nation, renowned for its keen interest in outer space, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, cynical population of 251 million Urtlans are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The enormous, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 73.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant Urtlan economy, worth 2.54 trillion Urtla rubles a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Information Technology. Average income is 10,129 Urtla rubles, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Thieves claim they're simply working for the tax agency, mums always ask their three-year-olds for permission before hugging them, libraries are now installed with jacuzzis and mini-bars, and the weather in Urtla City is always 'pigeons with a chance of droppings'. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Urtla's national animal is the Parakeet , which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Urtla is ranked 205,878^th in the world and 77^th in Estalcia for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring 218.21 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.