The Republic of Moralton is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its public floggings, suspicion of poets, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 442 million Moraltonians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The relatively small, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Spirituality. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 13.9%.

The very strong Moraltonian economy, worth 32.3 trillion United States Dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Cheese Exports industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Average income is 73,045 United States Dollars, with the richest citizens earning 8.7 times as much as the poorest.

The military refers to helpless combatants offering surrender as "sitting ducks", the government seizes the property of the recently deceased, a tax exemption has created a new hunger for octogenarian millionaires dating women 60 years their younger, and slow dancing is made trickier when Auntie Edna insists on standing between the couple's arms. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force. Moralton's national animal is the Crane, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Moralton is ranked 170,858^th in the world and 62^nd in Caer Sidi for Highest Poor Incomes, with 22,395.1 Standard Monetary Units.