The Republic of Moon Base is a huge, pleasant nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, frequent executions, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 989 million Moon Baseans have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The minute government, or what there is of one, is solely concerned with Industry. The average income tax rate is 5.5%.

The Moon Basean economy, worth 30.5 trillion stardusts a year, is quite specialized and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Gambling, Information Technology, and Automobile Manufacturing. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 30,817 stardusts, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.7 times as much as the poorest.

Black market eau de toilette is made in bathroom labs across the nation, pillows outnumber picket signs at most workers rallies, the national government has been dissolved by revolutionary insurgents, and being nicknamed "Orange Face" has done Leader's credibility no favours. Crime is a problem, probably because of the absence of a police force. Moon Base's national animal is the moonlark, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Moon Base is ranked 307,349^th in the world and 1^st in Moon Base for Largest Governments, scoring 1 on the Bureaucratic Comprehensiveness Rating Scale Index.