The Mort Union of Infected Mushroom is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by IM with an iron fist, and notable for its keen interest in outer space, compulsory military service, and free-roaming dinosaurs. The hard-nosed, cynical, cheerful population of 21.906 billion citizens are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The medium-sized, corrupt, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Environment, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Crayon City. The average income tax rate is 94.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Infected Mushroomian economy, worth a remarkable 9,113 trillion Kefkaris a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched black market in Pizza Delivery, Book Publishing, Information Technology, and Soda Sales. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an amazing 416,010 Kefkaris, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

High-tech infantry rifles automatically reload when the soldier shoots outside the screen of their helmet HUD, people reciting Shakespeare have become a common sight, the might of the entire Infected Mushroomian Navy is focused on fifty bemused spear-throwing islanders, and the nation's new foreign policy of 'very disproportionate retribution' has its neighbors on edge. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Infected Mushroom's national animal is the Pixie, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Infected Mushroom is ranked 251,141^st in the world and 8^th in Mount Olympus for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -7.73 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.