The Commonwealth of Lower Upperton is a massive, socially progressive nation, notable for its irreverence towards religion, devotion to social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 1.838 billion Lower Uppertonians love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, socially-minded morass — juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Highbottom. The average income tax rate is 77.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Lower Uppertonian economy, worth 51.6 trillion dollars 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 Pizza Delivery industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Cheese Exports, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Average income is 28,069 dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Lower Upperton is notorious for its citizens' infidelity, the silencing of dissent speaks volumes about the quality of Lower Uppertonian democracy, referenda can be called for any law at the request of at least one third of the voting population, and there's never enough space in space. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Lower Upperton's national animal is the lobster, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Lower Upperton is ranked 291,607^th in the world and 4,741^st in The East Pacific for Highest Average Incomes, with 28,069.61 Standard Monetary Units.