The Provisional Republic of Molekula is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Sophia Engel with a fair hand, and renowned for its frequent executions, smutty television, and absence of drug laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, devout population of 2.911 billion Molekulans hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Kennedy Heights. The average income tax rate is 28.0%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The strong Molekulan economy, worth 191 trillion Bytes a year, is led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Tourism, and Woodchip Exports. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 65,834 Bytes, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Rebuilding efforts for a recently destroyed cathedral aren't expected to be completed for another century, community-designed sword prostheses are becoming dangerously common, the smell of tobacco is often smelt around legislative buildings across the nation, and the right school tie opens more doors than the right qualification. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Molekula's national animal is the wombat and its national religion is Atomism.

Molekula is ranked 111,446^th in the world and 5,594^th in Balder for Lowest Crime Rates, with 64.53 law-abiding acts per hour.