The Kingdom of Moon98 is a massive, socially progressive nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, soft-spoken computers, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 2.394 billion Moon98ians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Healthcare, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 10.3%.

The Moon98ian economy, worth 120 trillion moons 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 Gambling industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Woodchip Exports, and Uranium Mining. Average income is 50,425 moons, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.2 times as much as the poorest.

Moon98ian police have to pay out of their own pockets for bulletproof vests, forty-year-old men are asked for their ID before watching the latest pony cartoon movies, contemporary art museums showcase the latest in centuries-old art, and only AIs know why the nation is rapidly increasing its semiconductor stockpile. Crime is moderate, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Moon98's national animal is the card, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Moon98 is ranked 178,529^th in the world and 883^rd in TPFKAQ for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 52.92 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.