The Coastal Town of Moss Beach is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Jerry Hill with an even hand, and remarkable for its rum-swilling pirates, museums and concert halls, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 17.1 billion Moss Beachians 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 government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked morass — juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The Fitzgerald Marine Reserve. The average income tax rate is 95.1%.

The very strong Moss Beachian economy, worth a remarkable 1,629 trillion dollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is extremely specialized, is mostly made up of the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Tourism. Average income is 95,307 dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Vaccinations are mandatory, bars are packed at all hours, giggling elementary school newspaper reporters want to know why Jerry Hill is a silly poophead, and middle-aged metal fans quite enjoy being called "rebellious youths" by even older politicians. Crime is totally unknown. Moss Beach's national animal is the seal, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is Animism.

Moss Beach is ranked 1,825^th in the world and 2^nd in Half Moon Bay for Most Rebellious Youth, scoring 57 on the Stark-Dean Displacement Index.