The Rebellious Lendonian Colony of Muschar is a colossal, orderly nation, ruled by Talvela Varas with an iron fist, and notable for its state-planned economy, compulsory military service, and soft-spoken computers. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 4.179 billion Muscharians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, 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 Pegru. The average income tax rate is 42.4%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The strong Muscharian economy, worth 276 trillion Rat Tails 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, Woodchip Exports, Furniture Restoration, and Pizza Delivery. 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 66,127 Rat Tails, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.6 times as much as the poorest.

Warfare increasingly resembles a video game, student athletes gaze forlornly at abandoned Black Ratball fields, exterminators swarm Muscharian homes, and the entire entry for Muschar in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the World reads 'mostly harmless'. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Muschar's national animal is the Black Rat, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities, and its national religion is Forbidden but not enforced.

Muschar is ranked 85,092^nd in the world and 10^th in The Warp for Most Secular, with 17.4 Atheism Rate.