The Empire of Motholia is a mammoth, orderly nation, ruled by Coreus Motholius with an iron fist, and renowned for its vat-grown people, prohibition of alcohol, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 5.304 billion Motholians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The large, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Odyssia. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 89.7%.

The frighteningly efficient Motholian economy, worth 827 trillion Mothols 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 large, well-organized black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Retail. 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 an impressive 156,022 Mothols, with the richest citizens earning 5.7 times as much as the poorest.

Conflicted Motholian mamas cry 'cause - if there's one thing they don't need - it's another hungry mouth to feed, bruised children are made to thank their bullies for the valuable life lessons, suppression of pro-democracy protests is a daily occurrence, and exorbitant spending on icebreakers breaks the ice at every budget meeting. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Motholia's national animal is the Ouroboros, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Motholism.

Motholia is ranked 302,618^th in the world and 14^th in The Great Power for Nicest Citizens, with 0.22 average smiles per day.