The Duc de l'Infern of Murmur is a mammoth, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Gran Duc Murmur with a fair hand, and notable for its avant-garde cinema, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 7.086 billion Murmureans are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The large, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Castell-palau d'Archaryns. The average income tax rate is 79.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Murmurean economy, worth 857 trillion aurs a year, is quite specialized and led by the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Information Technology, and Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 121,000 aurs, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

School children asked "what is two times two?" are likely to form a symposium to discuss how different answers make them feel, Goldilocks has found a lucrative career as a zoning consultant, graffiti is done with immaculate multi-layer shading, and schoolboys trained in chivalry are encouraged to duel other boys for a maiden's hand. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Murmur's national animal is the homenets, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Antropomància.

Murmur is ranked 10,122^nd in the world and 1^st in The Dejected Realms for Largest Welfare Programs, scoring 4,536.86 on the Safety Net Mesh Density Rating.