The Republic of Moon Base is a massive, genial nation, renowned for its infamous sell-swords, unlimited-speed roads, and suspicion of poets. The compassionate, devout population of 1.368 billion Moon Baseans are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Industry, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 21.8%.

The very strong Moon Basean economy, worth 59.5 trillion stardusts a year, is quite specialized and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Automobile Manufacturing, and Soda Sales. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 43,489 stardusts, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.6 times as much as the poorest.

The government tells its citizens to 'forgive and forget', superfoods are often seen as supervillains, late night adverts for breast milk co-ops regularly win pornography industry awards, and the new airport at Mr. Giles' farm is panicking his sheep. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Moon Base's national animal is the moonlark, which can occasionally be seen dodging aircraft in the nation's cities.

Moon Base is ranked 203,884^th in the world and 1^st in Moon Base for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -1.61 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.