The Free Socialist Republic of Ursida is a colossal, safe nation, ruled by Alexei Kamchatka with an iron fist, and renowned for its pith helmet sales, zero percent divorce rate, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 2.709 billion Ursidans are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Volksgrad. The average income tax rate is 47.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Ursidan economy, worth 263 trillion Ursidan Rubles 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 a slick, highly efficient, broadly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Woodchip Exports. 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 97,127 Ursidan Rubles, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Mining is the nation's most dangerous occupation, environmentalists are advocating slash-and-burn in the nation's forests, serial killers are the country's biggest import, and criminals lock themselves in their mums' basements to avoid prison. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ursida's national animal is the brown bear, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Ursidan Orthodoxy.

Ursida is ranked 67,733^rd in the world and 340^th in The Communist Bloc for Most Developed, scoring 71.46 on the Human Development Index.