The Confederacy of Upper Afright is a huge, pleasant nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape. The hard-working population of 659 million Christians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 16.4%.

The strong Upper Afrightian economy, worth 32.2 trillion florins a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Uranium Mining industry, with significant contributions from Retail, Arms Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. Average income is 48,821 florins, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.5 times as much as the poorest.

The country's famous rainforests are being bulldozed by the mining industry and ship captains always order a return to port at the slightest sign of rain. Crime is moderate. Upper Afright's national animal is the falcon, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Upper Afright is ranked 118,852^nd in the world and 1^st in Alliance of Catholic Nations for Most Cultured, scoring 65 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.