The State of Ucanal is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by the Governor with a fair hand, and remarkable for its absence of drug laws, complete absence of social welfare, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 19.838 billion Ucanalians live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.

The minute, liberal, pro-business, outspoken government, or what there is of one, is solely concerned with Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Capital Heights. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 4.9%.

The very strong Ucanalian economy, worth 613 trillion betales a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is quite specialized and led by the Furniture Restoration industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Gambling, and Basket Weaving. Average income is 30,950 betales, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 210,425 per year while the poor average 1,663, a ratio of 126 to 1.

Voting is voluntary, the latest Harry Potter book is a bestseller, Ucanal has designated Capital Heights as its capital city, and The Governor has just been declared ruler of Ucanal in an international press conference. Crime is a major problem, probably because of the absence of a police force. Ucanal's national animal is the deer, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Ucanal is ranked 198,286^th in the world and 286^th in Ancient Lands for Most Corrupt Governments, with 1.38 kickbacks per hour.