The Kingdom of Upper Zhelta is a very large, socially progressive nation, notable for its compulsory military service, frequent executions, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 456 million Aspars are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 42.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but sluggish Upper Zheltan economy, worth 12.3 trillion Libras a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Door-to-door Insurance Sales industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Furniture Restoration, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 26,966 Libras, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Televangelists flaunt their expensive cars when they attend charity events, clergy never mention brand names for fear of losing their government subsidies, teachers are routinely tested to keep their jobs, and pre-takeoff checks last longer than the flights themselves. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Upper Zhelta's national animal is the Falcon, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Upper Zhelta is ranked 286,628^th in the world and 38^th in Ridgefield for Most Developed, scoring 48.37 on the Human Development Index.