The Nomadic Peoples of Moaning Lisa is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Moll Flanders with an even hand, and remarkable for its rum-swilling pirates, museums and concert halls, and daily referendums. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cheerful population of 7.92 billion Moaning Lisans are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The relatively small, corrupt, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Education, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Fanny Hill. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 6.4%.

The frighteningly efficient Moaning Lisan economy, worth a remarkable 1,848 trillion Vouchers a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Retail, Information Technology, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Black market activity is notable. Average income is an amazing 233,378 Vouchers, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,011,642 per year while the poor average 34,187, a ratio of 29.6 to 1.

Kindergarten teachers with ankle-bracelets are closely supervised by their parole officers, captains must wait until all rats are safe before jumping ship, homeless people can be found sleeping on streets in front of unoccupied second homes, and major cities are suffering under water rationing. Crime, especially youth-related, is all-pervasive, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Moaning Lisa's national animal is the Louse, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Meretriciousness.

Moaning Lisa is ranked 1,405^th in the world and 25^th in the West Pacific for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 218,442.18 Standard Monetary Units.