The Mourning of Apollo Adonis is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Oracle with an iron fist, and notable for its sprawling nuclear power plants, absence of drug laws, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, cynical, devout population of 11.138 billion greeks are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, corrupt, well-organized morass — is primarily concerned with Spirituality, although Law & Order, Welfare, and Defense are also considered important. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Delphi. The average income tax rate is 87.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Apollo Adonisian economy, worth 835 trillion worships a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Basket Weaving and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is 74,980 worships, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

All astronauts are hot twenty-something models selected because they have 'the right stuff', scientists are not permitted to ask questions, years of counter-terrorism planning are foiled by small details, and the government invades its allies more than its enemies. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Apollo Adonis's national animal is the white raven, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Pythian Apollo.

Apollo Adonis is ranked 21,147^th in the world and 9^th in Federation of Martian Colonies for Lowest Crime Rates, with 88.78 law-abiding acts per hour.