The Allied States of Murinian Union is a massive, socially progressive nation, ruled by Xanthir with an even hand, and notable for its sprawling nuclear power plants, ubiquitous missile silos, and soft-spoken computers. The compassionate population of 4.216 billion Murinian Unionians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Pigmote. The average income tax rate is 95.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Murinian Unionian economy, worth 611 trillion Scintillacks a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is an impressive 145,092 Scintillacks, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Depression sinks in after each election when voters realize they are stuck with these people for years, popular sunny beaches always have a cloudy outlook, young soldiers are shocked to discover there are no 'safe spaces' on a battlefield, and nobody is allowed to stop the local daycare from reading Nietzsche to pre-schoolers. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Murinian Union's national animal is the Rat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Silmarillion.

Murinian Union is ranked 90,193^rd in the world and 2,067^th in The East Pacific for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 50.5 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.