The Federated Twin City-Communes of Babylon and Ur is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Mister Awesomeawesome with a fair hand, and remarkable for its rum-swilling pirates, rampant corporate plagiarism, and keen interest in outer space. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 13.537 billion Babylonians 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 large, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Babylon. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Babylonian economy, worth a remarkable 3,713 trillion Copper Ingots 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 mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is an amazing 274,305 Copper Ingots, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The combined alert sound of a nation simultaneously receiving a text message is a common cause of hearing damage, a faint smell of body odour can be detected at several miles' distance from the National Science Park, the new 'Who Wants To Be A Politician' election debate auditions are more popular than the debates themselves, and photographers can be found hiding behind the curtains in Mister Awesomeawesome's bedroom. Crime is totally unknown. Babylon and Ur's national animal is the Red Fox, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Babylon and Ur is ranked 6,976^th in the world and 116^th in 10000 Islands for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring 15,806.13 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.