The Narex Council of The Ursian Empire is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Alexander IV Windwalker with an even hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, deadly medical pandemics, and anti-smoking policies. The compassionate, hard-working, devout population of 10.849 billion Ursians enjoy some of the most opulent lifestyles in the region, unless they are unemployed or working-class, in which case they are variously starving to death or crippled by easily preventable diseases.

The tiny government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Ursus Majoro. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 6.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Ursian economy, worth a remarkable 3,812 trillion Ursian Kultas a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Retail, and Tourism. Average income is an amazing 351,416 Ursian Kultas, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,310,951 per year while the poor average 66,048, a ratio of 19.8 to 1.

Corporations cut costs by taking away safety-features on their products, holiday light displays just aren't the same without seizure-inducing strobe effects, town nameplates frequently raise giggles from passing tourists, and foreign spirits are hard to find due to an abundance of "Cletus and Jim Bob's Homemade Ursian Moonshine". Crime, especially youth-related, is all-pervasive, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. The Ursian Empire's national animal is the Ursian Grizzly, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is The Church of Holy Bear.

The Ursian Empire is ranked 19,536^th in the world and 61^st in Wintreath for Most Beautiful Environments, with 1,043.33 pounds of wildlife per square mile.