The Confederacy of Morgastan is a huge, orderly nation, remarkable for its keen interest in outer space, public floggings, and compulsory military service. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 259 million Morgastanians are rabid consumers, partly through choice and partly because the government tells them to and dissenters tend to vanish from their homes at night.

The medium-sized, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, with Administration, Industry, and Law & Order also on the agenda, while International Aid and Spirituality are ignored. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 30.6%.

The all-consuming Morgastanian economy, worth 17.1 trillion Stars a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Uranium Mining industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, and Cheese Exports. Average income is 65,848 Stars, with the richest citizens earning 6.8 times as much as the poorest.

Citizens' lost socks are government property, history textbook pages are used as impromptu tissues by distraught students, immigrants who don't like the taste of Morgastanian Turnip Chips are immediately deported, and military spending recently hit a new high. Crime, especially youth-related, is well under control, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Morgastan's national animal is the White Tiger, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Morgastan is ranked 62,364^th in the world and 10^th in The Embassy for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 121.18 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.