The Watchfires of UGN is a gargantuan, safe nation, renowned for its vat-grown people, complete lack of prisons, and infamous sell-swords. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 22.885 billion UGNians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Education. The average income tax rate is 49.0%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient UGNian economy, worth a remarkable 2,169 trillion $$s a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, and Trout Farming. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 94,795 $$s, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government struggles to keep up with the endless list of petrol disasters, foreign nations kill migratory animals at random in the hope that UGN will pay them to stop, many whiskies taste suspiciously like automobile radiators, and professional athletes juggle part-time jobs to avoid bankruptcy. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. UGN's national animal is the Dolly Varden, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

UGN is ranked 180,533^rd in the world and 2^nd in United Germanic Nations for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring 665.19 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.