The Allied States of Murinian Union is a massive, socially progressive nation, ruled by Xanthir with an even hand, and remarkable for its keen interest in outer space, daily referendums, and soft-spoken computers. The compassionate population of 4.157 billion Murinian Unionians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Pigmote. The average income tax rate is 95.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Murinian Unionian economy, worth 606 trillion Scintillacks 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 Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is an impressive 145,983 Scintillacks, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

An internet search for the word "bland" produces pictures of Xanthir, depression sinks in after each election when voters realize they are stuck with these people for years, popular sunny beaches always have a cloudy outlook, and young soldiers are shocked to discover there are no 'safe spaces' on a battlefield. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Murinian Union's national animal is the Rat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Silmarillion.

Murinian Union is ranked 8,144^th in the world and 222^nd in The East Pacific for Most Beautiful Environments, with 1,798.95 pounds of wildlife per square mile.