The Republic of Moai Empire is a huge, orderly nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 685 million Moai Empireans are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Law & Order, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 32.7%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Moai Empirean economy, worth 23.5 trillion Moyais a year, is led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Retail, Basket Weaving, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 34,307 Moyais, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.9 times as much as the poorest.

Crime is well under control, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Moai Empire's national animal is the Moyai, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Moai Empire is ranked 296,841^st in the world and 118^th in Vristic for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring -44.72 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.