The Republic of The Full Moon is a massive, safe nation, notable for its otherworldly petting zoo, pith helmet sales, and digital currency. The compassionate population of 1.257 billion Full Moonians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The large, corrupt, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Empty Moon Base. The average income tax rate is 78.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Full Moonian economy, worth 153 trillion Loves a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Trout Farming, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is an impressive 122,080 Loves, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Flatulent people are left to die of cancer at the end of hospital waiting lists, anyone who so much as frowns risks being referred to a mental health unit, child labor has been outlawed, and construction of the Really Big Hadron Collider is underway. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Full Moon's national animal is the Cat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

The Full Moon is ranked 50,161^st in the world and 269^th in Europe for Most Corrupt Governments, with 39.35 kickbacks per hour.