The Republic of Urcuo is a massive, safe nation, renowned for its state-planned economy, irreverence towards religion, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate population of 2.208 billion Urcuoans are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The medium-sized, moralistic, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Law & Order, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 33.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The strong Urcuoan economy, worth 153 trillion OrcDollars 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, fairly diversified black market in Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, Basket Weaving, and Book Publishing. 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 69,501 OrcDollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Convicted crypto-miners are sent to the salt mines, disadvantaged neighbourhoods have become no-go areas after sundown, every day has been a surprise since weather reporters turned to consulting ancient totems for their seven-day forecasts, and sleep-deprived officials are known to collapse after late night revision for their examinations. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Urcuo's national animal is the Octopus, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Urcuo is ranked 111,781^st in the world and 70^th in Orcuo for Most Advanced Defense Forces, scoring 2,211.02 on the Total War Preparedness Rating.