The Rational Republic of Mirchusko is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Temis Aenea with a fair hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, sprawling nuclear power plants, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 16.301 billion Mirchuskoites are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The large, liberal, outspoken government is primarily concerned with Education, with Environment, Healthcare, and Social Policy also on the agenda, while Spirituality and Defense aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Sapphrian City. The average income tax rate is 98.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Mirchuskoan economy, worth a remarkable 3,525 trillion eigencredits a year, is highly specialized and mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing and Tourism. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an amazing 216,259 eigencredits, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The education system is being cleansed of all corporate influence, the government is continually probing the galaxy in search of alien life, wealthy parents-to-be can select their perfect baby, and elementary school students are required to master Bach's Chaconne in D before graduation. Crime is totally unknown. Mirchusko's national animal is the heptapus, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Mirchusko is ranked 199,172^nd in the world and 6,269^th in the West Pacific for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring -9.08 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.