The United Socialist States of Peoples Republic of Murcia is a small, genial nation, remarkable for its state-planned economy, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 29 million Peoples Republic of Murcians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The enormous, liberal, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 67.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The basket case Peoples Republic of Murcian economy, worth 384 billion Dollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Basket Weaving industry, with major contributions from Trout Farming, Uranium Mining, and Automobile Manufacturing. Average income is 13,268 Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Military funding has been stripped back, professionals are ready to retire by the time they receive permission to use their credentials, drills and shovels have been banned as the government cracks down on any means of fracking, and the nation locks people up and tells them they're mad for compassion's sake. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Peoples Republic of Murcia's national animal is the Murciano Cat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Peoples Republic of Murcia is ranked 74,265^th in the world and 2,604^th in the South Pacific for Most Primitive, scoring 20 on the Scary Big Number Scale.