The Federation of Mushet is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by The Mush with a fair hand, and remarkable for its frequent executions, national health service, and multi-spousal wedding ceremonies. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, cheerful population of 35.337 billion Mushis hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The relatively small, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Mortal Valley. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 67.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Mushi economy, worth an astonishing 13,005 trillion Mushi Notes a year, is fairly diversified and dominated by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Retail, Information Technology, and Book Publishing. Average income is an amazing 368,033 Mushi Notes, with the richest citizens earning 8.9 times as much as the poorest.

Elementary school children develop thousand-yard stares, if a tree falls in the forest there is no sound except a cash register ringing, worship days have replaced sick days, and trolls insist that strings of racial slurs mean "good morning" in obscure languages. Crime, especially youth-related, is all-pervasive, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Mushet's national animal is the Condor, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Mushet is ranked 2,914^th in the world and 2^nd in North America for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 11,933.08 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.