The Republic of Murshan is a massive, cultured nation, notable for its compulsory military service and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, devout population of 2.764 billion Murshanians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Hushburg. The average income tax rate is 43.3%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The strong Murshanian economy, worth 162 trillion Byunis a year, is quite specialized and led by the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Basket Weaving, and Automobile Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 58,852 Byunis, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

National park visitors are reporting a rash of poison ivy sightings, shady doctors seem to have impeccable records, the government regularly hires contractors to construct high rise apartments, and matryoshka dolls resembling nested Death Stars are commonly sold. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Murshan's national animal is the Panther, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Murshan is ranked 281,837^th in the world and 4,909^th in The East Pacific for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring -12.66 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.