The Free Land of Murder and Arson is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Bob with a fair hand, and remarkable for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, daily referendums, and rampant corporate plagiarism. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 4.941 billion Murder and Arsonians are effectively ruled by a group of massive corporations, who run for political office and provide their well-off citizens with world-class goods and services. Their poorer citizens, however, are mostly starving to death while being urged to go out and get real jobs. The populace has reasonably extensive civil rights, although these are mostly aimed at allowing them to buy whatever they like.

The relatively small, corrupt, pro-business, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Administration, and Social Policy. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Outhouse in the middle of nowhere. The average income tax rate is 21.4%.

The frighteningly efficient Murder and Arsonian economy, worth 518 trillion Bottlecaps a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Soda Sales, Gambling, and Woodchip Exports. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an impressive 104,837 Bottlecaps, with the richest citizens earning 5.2 times as much as the poorest.

Woodcutter axes are cited as the most common cause of death amongst emus, mall countdown clocks warn that there are only 364 more shopping days until Maxxmas, foreign governments are looking into weaponizing the infamous Murder and Arsonian bee, and suspicious glow-in-the-dark wasps remain a source of terror and awe. Crime, especially youth-related, is all-pervasive, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Murder and Arson's national animal is the emu, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Murder and Arson is ranked 22,970^th in the world and 2^nd in Defenestration Station for Largest Black Market, with 122 trillion Standard Monetary Units.