The Republic of Udaljen is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Jadran Kovačić with an even hand, and remarkable for its digital currency, vat-grown people, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed population of 1.16 billion Udaljenians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Dobrograd. The average income tax rate is 93.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Udaljenian economy, worth 160 trillion Udaljenian dinaras a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Tourism, and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 138,090 Udaljenian dinaras, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Government fact-checkers use surprising amounts of high explosive, a signed affidavit from a prominent anti-corruption advocate declares that he is in fact a crook after all, cricket farmers use magnifying glasses to fit every member of their herd with tiny tracking tags, and the nation's orphanages and maternity wards have been nicknamed 'the Killbot Factories'. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Udaljen's national animal is the Red-faced cormorant, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Udaljen is ranked 16,178^th in the world and 7^th in Crimson Spire for Highest Food Quality, scoring 130.38 on the Meeshlin-Starr Index.