The Republic of Messier 73 is a colossal, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its burgeoning beaver population. The quiet, industrious population of 3.162 billion Messier 73ians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The medium-sized, liberal, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 30.9%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Messier 73ian economy, worth 74.7 trillion deniers a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Cheese Exports, Book Publishing, and Furniture Restoration. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 23,621 deniers, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Crime is well under control, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Messier 73's national animal is the beaver.

Messier 73 is ranked 136,079^th in the world and 10^th in Mirror World 99 for Least Corrupt Governments, with 93.2 percentage of bribes refused.