The Federation of Murakamian is a huge, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service, irreverence towards religion, and stringent health and safety legislation. The democratic population of 318 million Murakamianians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The medium-sized, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 25.4%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The strong Murakamianian economy, worth 21.8 trillion Murakamis a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Trout Farming, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 68,572 Murakamis, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Quiet professionalism has returned to the nation's armed forces, hiding wrinkles with make-up is illegal, coastal cities are being moved a dozen miles inland to reduce flooding risk, and popular cartoon characters frequently appear in government-sponsored PSAs reminding students to say no to drugs. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Murakamian's national animal is the Cobra, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Murakamian is ranked 45,292^nd in the world and 306^th in Europeia for Safest, scoring 104.06 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.