The Constitutional Republic of Masom is a massive, orderly nation, ruled by President Henkel Verman with an iron fist, and remarkable for its prohibition of alcohol, sprawling nuclear power plants, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 1.52 billion Masomians 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 large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Canneve. The average income tax rate is 70.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Masomian economy, worth 66.3 trillion Masomian Marks a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Furniture Restoration, and Cheese Exports. Average income is 43,599 Masomian Marks, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Cults that offer eternal life after death to those who follow a self-sacrificing saviour are frowned upon, armed war-criminals gain asylum if deemed 'fabulous' enough, prisoners can't do number twos without their "toilet buddy" present, and you can get married in sickness and in health but not internationally. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Masom's national animal is the Black Eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Secular Multiculturalism.

Masom is ranked 96,208^th in the world and 10^th in Atlantis for Highest Poor Incomes, with 32,127.32 Standard Monetary Units.