The Republic of Micrometer is a huge, safe nation, renowned for its ban on automobiles, free-roaming dinosaurs, and suspicion of poets. The hard-working, cynical population of 666 million Micrometerians 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 enormous, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Healthcare, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 54.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Micrometerian economy, worth 25.1 trillion micrometers a year, is fairly diversified and dominated by the Uranium Mining industry, with significant contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Tourism, and Soda Sales. Black market activity is notable. Average income is 37,674 micrometers, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.7 times as much as the poorest.

The government has officially clarified that "wee on your hands to save time" does not count as proper hygiene, dancing with your first cousin is a misdemeanor, police officers often head to work wearing onesies and fluffy pink bunny-slippers, and you can bet your bottom dollar that gambling will cost you an arm and a leg. Crime, especially youth-related, is almost non-existent, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Micrometer's national animal is the metric system, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Micrometer is ranked 45,223^rd in the world and 2,212^th in Balder for Safest, scoring 104.19 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.