The People's Republic of Morgasm is a large, genial nation, remarkable for its museums and concert halls, daily referendums, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 173 million Gasmians 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, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 67.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Morgasmic economy, worth 6.78 trillion Jisms 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 led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Trout Farming, and Tourism. Average income is 39,200 Jisms, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Religious households enthusiastically use whips in private, the single fish caught by Morgasmic fishers last year is cited as evidence of Morgasm's thriving fisheries, government workers are more efficient and more unhappy than ever, and escalators are avoided at all costs. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Morgasm's national animal is the Pegasus, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Morgasm is ranked 88,248^th in the world and 399^th in the Plains of Perdition for Highest Poor Incomes, with 34,495.41 Standard Monetary Units.