The Democratic Republic of Murkabistan is a mid-sized, safe nation, renowned for its compulsory military service and irreverence towards religion. The cynical population of 74 million Murkabistanians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The large, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Defense, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 43.6%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Murkabistanian economy, worth 3.10 trillion Murkis a year, is quite specialized and dominated by the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Basket Weaving, and Tourism. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 41,910 Murkis, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.7 times as much as the poorest.

The latest Harry Potter book is a bestseller, tech-mad citizens think that the laser-powered bread-slicer uPhone App is the coolest thing since sliced bread, it is illegal to make racist remarks in public, and sleep-deprived officials are known to collapse after late night revision for their examinations. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Murkabistan's national animal is the Horse.

Murkabistan is ranked 249,377^th in the world and 460^th in The Leftist Assembly for Highest Average Incomes, with 41,910.4 Standard Monetary Units.