The Empire of Mueschen is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its ubiquitous missile silos, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 641 million Mueschners 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, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Neu-Mueschen. The average income tax rate is 67.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Mueschenian economy, worth 54.5 trillion Korns a year, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Basket Weaving, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 85,067 Korns, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Costumed characters wearing Maxtopian Grass leaves remind citizens that the government now sells the green stuff, glassy-eyed Mueschenian wives lifelessly chant "I love you" on command, relations with Dàguó have warmed from frosty to chilly, and the government is funding experimental battery technology while the power grid continues to crumble. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Mueschen's national animal is the Reh, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Mueschen is ranked 89,045^th in the world and 73^rd in Declansburg for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, scoring 2,753.65 on the Henry Ford Productivity Index.