The Eighth Ascendency of Memphratic is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by The Avatar of the Ninth Precursor with an iron fist, and notable for its keen interest in outer space, multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, and restrictive gun laws. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 6.066 billion Memphraticans 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, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The Zeroth Point. The average income tax rate is 95.7%.

The frighteningly efficient Memphratician economy, worth a remarkable 1,208 trillion Crestos a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 199,223 Crestos, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Only adults may purchase violent video games, nuclear physics is the most popular course at university, Memphratician novella fans become unusually flustered when thinking about The Avatar of the Ninth Precursor, and Memphratic is notorious for its citizens' infidelity. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Memphratic's national animal is the Toaster, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Intuitionism.

Memphratic is ranked 9,620^th in the world and 22^nd in The Land of Kings and Emperors for Lowest Crime Rates, with 101.81 law-abiding acts per hour.