The State of Mulbourne is a gargantuan, safe nation, notable for its anti-smoking policies, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed, democratic population of 39.754 billion Mulbourneans enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Defense, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Central Heights. The average income tax rate is 66.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Mulbournean economy, worth a remarkable 1,657 trillion betales a year, is quite specialized and led by the Trout Farming industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Automobile Manufacturing, and Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 41,686 betales, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

An underground movement of cigarette smokers has sprung up in response to a government ban, young children are regularly seen wagering pocket money at blackjack tables, breastfeeding mothers are replacing smokers to loiter outside the workplace, and Mulbourne has designated Central Heights as its capital city. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Mulbourne's national animal is the deer, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Mulbourne is ranked 83,295^th in the world and 52^nd in Ancient Lands for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 2,050.56 on the Gilded Widget Scale.