The Holy Empire of Moon Waldorff is a massive, efficient nation, notable for its closed borders, state-planned economy, and compulsory military service. The devout population of 1.884 billion Moon Waldorffians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Spirituality, and Administration. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 50.6%.

The very strong Moon Waldorffian economy, worth 154 trillion dollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient black market in Information Technology, Tourism, Book Publishing, and Arms Manufacturing. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 82,040 dollars, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 265,146 per year while the poor average 19,183, a ratio of 13.8 to 1.

Government buildings are being cleansed of anything that might have racist connotations, fixing attendance at women's matches is a matter of "when they go low, we go high... funding", diplomats agree to the terms and conditions of peace treaties without reading them, and roadside walls are being built and mother nature is paying for it. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Moon Waldorff's national animal is the turtle, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Moon Waldorff is ranked 109,087^th in the world and 9^th in The Moon for Most Advanced Law Enforcement, scoring 2,358.6 on the Orwell Orderliness Index.