The Most Serene Republic of Masonna is a colossal, safe nation, notable for its frequent executions, pith helmet sales, and smutty television. The compassionate, devout population of 2.842 billion Masonnans are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 34.3%.

The powerhouse Masonnan economy, worth 250 trillion dollars a year, is dominated by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Woodchip Exports, and Arms Manufacturing. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 88,285 dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.9 times as much as the poorest.

Wealthy parents-to-be can select their perfect baby, office thieves tell their employers kleptomania is a pregnancy symptom, student athletes gaze forlornly at abandoned wolfball fields, and a weakened police force struggles to maintain law and order. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Masonna's national animal is the wolf, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Masonna is ranked 103,262^nd in the world and 8^th in Vultune for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 94.5 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.