The Empire of Ugugtg is a massive, safe nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, frequent executions, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 3.309 billion Ugugtgians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Atera. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 28.7%.

The strong Ugugtgian economy, worth 189 trillion francs a year, is led by the Trout Farming industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Arms Manufacturing, and Basket Weaving. Average income is 57,163 francs, with the richest citizens earning 5.8 times as much as the poorest.

Restaurants are required to specify whether their toilet paper was made in Ugugtg, members of the government all have oddly similar anecdotes about their childhoods, copyright laws have been abolished, and meetings involving club finances are frequently broken up by men in black suits. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ugugtg's national animal is the falcon, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Ugugtg is ranked 271,392^nd in the world and 672^nd in 10000 Islands for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, scoring -9.38 on the Henry Ford Productivity Index.