The Incorporated States of Almurta is a titanic, cultured nation, ruled by President Nicholas Hargrove with an even hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, frequent executions, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 21.717 billion Almurtans enjoy some of the most opulent lifestyles in the region, unless they are unemployed or working-class, in which case they are variously starving to death or crippled by easily preventable diseases.

The minute, liberal, pro-business government, or what there is of one, prioritizes Defense, although Education is also considered important, while Administration and Welfare aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of La Joya. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 6.9%.

The very strong Almurtan economy, worth a remarkable 1,481 trillion Federal Dollars a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Soda Sales, Book Publishing, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is 68,224 Federal Dollars, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 220,096 per year while the poor average 15,995, a ratio of 13.8 to 1.

Engineers preemptively order lawyers after every power cut, it turns out that your missing Roomba has run off to join the circus, social media sites go into shutdown for days at a time to censor user content, and in a fit of passion President Nicholas Hargrove has shredded thirty years' worth of petitions. Crime, especially youth-related, is pervasive, probably because of the absence of a police force. Almurta's national animal is the Rock Ptarmigan, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Almurta is ranked 302,207^th in the world and 274^th in The League for Lowest Crime Rates, with 26.45 law-abiding acts per hour.