The Constitutional Republic of Masom is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by President Henkel Verman with an iron fist, and renowned for its state-planned economy, prohibition of alcohol, and ubiquitous missile silos. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 1.491 billion Masomians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Canneve. The average income tax rate is 70.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Masomian economy, worth 65.0 trillion Masomian Marks a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Furniture Restoration, and Cheese Exports. Average income is 43,562 Masomian Marks, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Intellectual snobbery has the cognoscenti sneering at anyone who doesn't have an opinion on the semiological drift of Umberto Eco's works, Masomians are regularly fired for looking at MyFace during their lunch breaks, every computer glitch triggers an immediate counter-espionage response, and political gridlock ensues as even the most innocuous legislation is vetoed by the Supreme Court for potential civil rights violations. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Masom's national animal is the Black Eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Secular Multiculturalism.

Masom is ranked 231,109^th in the world and 33^rd in Atlantis for Highest Average Incomes, with 43,562.59 Standard Monetary Units.