The United Republican Federation of Mortionia is a massive, socially progressive nation, ruled by Gustavo Rasdrani with a fair hand, and renowned for its anti-smoking policies, pith helmet sales, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 4.1 billion Mortionians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The large, liberal, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Morbinville. The average income tax rate is 91.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Mortionian economy, worth 636 trillion Mortionian lire a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 155,216 Mortionian lire, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The television adaptation of Jennifer Government is the most popular program in the nation, running away is an essential part of the elite forces' hand-to-hand training, more than one company makes the board game Monopoly, and athletic teenagers are among the wealthiest members of society. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Mortionia's national animal is the Morbius, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Mortionia is ranked 219,747^th in the world and 4,811^th in The North Pacific for Largest Cheese Export Sector, scoring -4 on the Mozzarella Productivity Index.