The Sublime Thoughts of The Medusan Homeworld is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Carlos with an even hand, and notable for its ban on automobiles, vat-grown people, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate population of 8.8 billion Medusans enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Visalayan. The average income tax rate is 81.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but underdeveloped Medusan economy, worth 326 trillion Visors 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 led by the Furniture Restoration industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Retail, and Basket Weaving. Average income is 37,155 Visors, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Political spontaneity takes a lot of planning, teenagers performing appendectomies on their friends has become a popular schoolyard prank, the official Medusan Phrase Book weighs as much as a small child, and the only women behind bars are barmaids. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Medusan Homeworld's national animal is the Telepath, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

The Medusan Homeworld is ranked 176,992^nd in the world and 115^th in United Earth Space Probe Agency for Most Primitive, scoring -68.61 on the Scary Big Number Scale.