The Civilization of M-101 is a mammoth, orderly nation, ruled by Compendicouncillon with an iron fist, and notable for its state-planned economy, soft-spoken computers, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 7.973 billion Comps are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Defense, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Compendium. The average income tax rate is 90.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Comps economy, worth a remarkable 1,672 trillion Chunkbytes a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is broadly diversified, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Woodchip Exports, and Retail. Average income is an amazing 209,770 Chunkbytes, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Bowling teams spend more time looking at their phones than the pins, government-sponsored WiFi allows farmers to rant about city folks in real time, the combined alert sound of a nation simultaneously receiving a text message is a common cause of hearing damage, and diplomatic missions are often mistaken as declarations of war. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. M-101's national animal is the Cloudoconstructoswarm, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

M-101 is ranked 191,634^th in the world and 7^th in The Outer Rim for Highest Drug Use, scoring 95.32 on the Pineapple Fondness Rating.