The Republic of Uranus08 is a gargantuan, orderly nation, ruled by Dick with an iron fist, and renowned for its deadly medical pandemics, free-roaming dinosaurs, and avant-garde cinema. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 35.367 billion Uranus08ians 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 minute, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government, or what there is of one, juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Uranus08 City. Income tax is unheard of.

The frighteningly efficient Uranus08ian economy, worth an astonishing 14,578 trillion Plugs a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Uranium Mining industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Retail, and Woodchip Exports. Black market activity is extensive. Average income is an amazing 412,205 Plugs, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.8 times as much as the poorest.

Costumed characters wearing Maxtopian Grass leaves remind citizens that the government now sells the green stuff, it turns out that your missing Roomba has run off to join the circus, people forget to eat because they are too busy singing Dick's praises, and clumsy self-injury is a viable claim in modern compensation culture. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, despite the fact that it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many laws. Uranus08's national animal is the Monkey, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is a major religion.

Uranus08 is ranked 326,046^th in the world and 14,556^th in Balder for Most Extensive Public Healthcare, scoring -22.36 on the Theresa-Nightingale Rating.