The Allied States of Murlerfield is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its state-planned economy, irreverence towards religion, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 263 million Miulerlians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 46.6%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but sluggish Murlerfieldian economy, worth 6.43 trillion Triks a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Cheese Exports industry, with major contributions from Furniture Restoration, Information Technology, and Pizza Delivery. Average income is 24,461 Triks, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Students are wary of colorfully decorated new teachers with names like Professor Pipsqueak, M-SPAN viewership drops as MPs act their age, every day has been a surprise since weather reporters turned to consulting ancient totems for their seven-day forecasts, and the nation's faithful often say there is a higher power watching over them. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Murlerfield's national animal is the Condor, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Murlerfield is ranked 285,810^th in the world and 11,310^th in The North Pacific for Highest Wealthy Incomes, with 26,971 Standard Monetary Units.