The Syndicalist Unions of Utym is a huge, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its infamous sell-swords, irreverence towards religion, and absence of drug laws. The compassionate, democratic population of 925 million Utymics are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The enormous, liberal, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 82.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Utymic economy, worth 94.6 trillion pesos 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 Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is an impressive 102,283 pesos, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

At least 1% of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs budget goes to Leader's wardrobe, newspapers are celebrating Leader saving over a million cats from trees, the nation's air force consists of strongly-worded letters folded into paper airplanes, and solving crossword puzzles requires fluency in at least five languages. Crime is totally unknown. Utym's national animal is the racoon, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Utym is ranked 11,380^th in the world and 320^th in The Communist Bloc for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 10,529.56 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.