The PLANET of High Moon is a mammoth, orderly nation, ruled by Princess Asteria with an iron fist, and remarkable for its enslaved workforce, free-roaming dinosaurs, and prohibition of alcohol. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 6.358 billion Moonfolk 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, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Luniaria. The average income tax rate is 99.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Lunar economy, worth a remarkable 1,586 trillion Lunar Credits a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing and Basket Weaving. Average income is an amazing 249,521 Lunar Credits, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The words 'private' and 'enterprise' must never appear in the same sentence, gay couples who hold hands are forced into unbreakable bonds, jaw strain is an increasingly common ailment, and military equipment is being auctioned off to extend comatose centenarians' lives. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. High Moon's national animal is the Moon Mite, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is The faith of the planet.

High Moon is ranked 278,239^th in the world and 38^th in The Alliance of Dictators for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring -8.12 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.