The Republic of Molies16 is a colossal, cultured nation, notable for its public floggings, keen interest in outer space, and ubiquitous missile silos. The hard-nosed, humorless population of 7.434 billion Molies16ians 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, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 69.7%.

The frighteningly efficient Molies16ian economy, worth a remarkable 1,734 trillion kronor a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched, fairly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Basket Weaving, and Woodchip Exports. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an amazing 233,331 kronor, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 881,913 per year while the poor average 42,951, a ratio of 20.5 to 1.

Years of counter-terrorism planning are foiled by small details, too many hyper-intelligent chefs can spoil the allegorical broth, flight attendants rip down curtains with revolutionary fervor, and research grant proposals read like political diatribes. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Molies16's national animal is the penguin, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to heavy metals seepage into national waterways.

Molies16 is ranked 73,154^th in the world and 2,513^th in Lazarus for Largest Populations, with 7.43 billion capita.