The United Socialist States of Ursabeknikov is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Bärenrat Markus with an even hand, and remarkable for its digital currency, state-planned economy, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate population of 2.888 billion Ursines 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 Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Bärenparadies. The average income tax rate is 96.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Ursin economy, worth 429 trillion Ulags 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 and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 148,829 Ulags, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

It takes months to get the proper permits for a child's first tricycle, RPG fans reminisce fondly about when people thought they were evil and dangerous rather than geeky and socially inept, drug deals return to the streets as legions of undercover officers stalk the dark web, and the latest guided missile cruiser "Ship-1642" has received precisely zero column inches in the press. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ursabeknikov's national animal is the Bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Ursabeknikov is ranked 24,935^th in the world and 328^th in 10000 Islands for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring 6,980.34 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.