The Lions Den of Morgateroyde is a gargantuan, genial nation, ruled by King Snagglepuss with an even hand, and renowned for its smutty television, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 10.836 billion Morgateroydeans 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 enormous government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Cavern. The average income tax rate is 74.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Morgateroydean economy, worth 799 trillion guilders a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Cheese Exports, Basket Weaving, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 73,784 guilders, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.5 times as much as the poorest.

Many whiskies taste suspiciously like automobile radiators, war vets look after war animals, planespotters are emigrating in droves, and Morgateroydean diplomacy is by the book. Crime is totally unknown. Morgateroyde's national animal is the lion, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is zoolatry.

Morgateroyde is ranked 85,534^th in the world and 6^th in The Green Belt for Lowest Crime Rates, with 67.79 law-abiding acts per hour.