The Intermittent Republic of Murab is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Grand Optimist Gorice XIII with an even hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, free-roaming dinosaurs, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic, cheerful population of 15.136 billion Murabians 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 tiny government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Misery. The average income tax rate is 1.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Murabian economy, worth a remarkable 4,785 trillion New Groats a year, is quite specialized and mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Retail. Average income is an amazing 316,165 New Groats, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.5 times as much as the poorest.

Things are looking up for sentient toilet bowls, coffee cups have grown in size to accommodate the huge ingredients list, some Murabian athletes have defected to Blackacre after being denied the chance to compete in international sporting events, and government ministers have eclectic tastes in curtains. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Murab's national animal is the Ravening Sloth, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Reformed Empirical Syncretism.

Murab is ranked 290,273^rd in the world and 197^th in The Western Isles for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring -35.04 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.