The Empire of Moldonic is a large, orderly nation, remarkable for its state-planned economy, sprawling nuclear power plants, and stringent health and safety legislation. The cynical population of 50 million Moldonis are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The large, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Welfare, and Education. The average income tax rate is 67.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Moldonician economy, worth 2.26 trillion Smeckles 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 Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Furniture Restoration, and Book Publishing. Average income is 45,139 Smeckles, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Protesters against the government are hanged as a warning to others, the sound of office water cooler chatter has been replaced by the whirring of computer cooling fans, infantry are nicknamed "mushrooms" because they get fed crap and are left in the dark, and political speeches always take place at sunset to a background of patriotic power ballads. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Moldonic's national animal is the Bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Moldonic is ranked 56,811^th in the world and 646^th in the Pacific for Most Patriotic, with 24.7 flags saluted per person per day.