The Republic of Moratium is a huge, genial nation, ruled by President Arkolius with a fair hand, and remarkable for its daily referendums, national health service, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 805 million Moratius hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Marlinorium. The average income tax rate is 37.5%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Moratis economy, worth 73.2 trillion Zerans a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Retail, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 90,897 Zerans, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.5 times as much as the poorest.

No one questions why the chicken crossed the road anymore, witnesses have to run a gauntlet of mob enforcers to testify at trials, people can get away with murder these days, and one-man canoes fitted with the latest tracking technology leave no room for one man. Crime is totally unknown. Moratium's national animal is the Atrale'a Bird, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Moratium is ranked 58,150^th in the world and 28^th in Kantrias for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 162.02 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.