The Free Land of Earl Ubell is a gargantuan, efficient nation, remarkable for its burgeoning Giraffe population. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 15.753 billion Earl Ubellians enjoy frequent elections, which are uniformly corrupted by big-spending corporations buying politicians who best suit their interests.

The relatively small, moralistic, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Healthcare, and Law & Order. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 10.9%.

The very strong Earl Ubellian economy, worth 823 trillion Platinums a year, is led by the Basket Weaving industry, with major contributions from Woodchip Exports, Book Publishing, and Retail. Average income is 52,295 Platinums, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 159,752 per year while the poor average 13,269, a ratio of 12.0 to 1.

Crime is moderate, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Earl Ubell's national animal is the Giraffe, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Earl Ubell is ranked 214,322^nd in the world and 676^th in Memeland United for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring -3.35 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.