The Nomadic Peoples of Moaning Lisa is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Moll Flanders with a fair hand, and renowned for its frequent executions, national health service, and keen interest in outer space. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, devout population of 4.211 billion Moaning Lisans are effectively ruled by a group of massive corporations, who run for political office and provide their well-off citizens with world-class goods and services. Their poorer citizens, however, are mostly starving to death while being urged to go out and get real jobs. The populace has reasonably extensive civil rights, although these are mostly aimed at allowing them to buy whatever they like.

The relatively small, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Education, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Fanny Hill. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 7.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Moaning Lisan economy, worth 789 trillion Vouchers a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Retail, Information Technology, and Soda Sales. Black market activity is frequent. Average income is an impressive 187,405 Vouchers, with the richest citizens earning 8.5 times as much as the poorest.

The nation's forests are full of treasure hunters in military-grade survival gear, online weather reports are predicting five years of glorious sunshine for Moaning Lisa, male tourists tend to be fearful of Moaning Lisa's deadly femme fatales, and sales of trenchcoats are on the rise. Crime, especially youth-related, is all-pervasive, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Moaning Lisa's national animal is the Louse, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Meretriciousness.

Moaning Lisa is ranked 1,542^nd in the world and 59^th in the South Pacific for Largest Retail Industry, scoring 31,716.74 on the Shrinkwrap Consignment Productivity Index.