The Intermittent Republic of Murab is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Grand Optimist Gorice XIII with a fair hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, and sprawling nuclear power plants. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 16.411 billion Murabians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Misery. The average income tax rate is 7.7%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Murabian economy, worth a remarkable 5,396 trillion New Groats a year, is quite specialized and mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing and Tourism. Average income is an amazing 328,804 New Groats, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

Talkative students are escorted from schools in second-hand prison buses, the national Police Academies have dedicated infant wings, tough diplomacy is often best handled with a nutcracker, and the government is deliberately installing bloatware onto computers. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Murab's national animal is the Ravening Sloth, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Reformed Empirical Syncretism.

Murab is ranked 313,303^rd in the world and 155^th in The Western Isles for Largest Furniture Restoration Industry, scoring -11.75 on the Spitz-Pollish Productivity Index.