The Fenced Compound of Giant Moon Laser is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by the board of directors with a fair hand, and notable for its smutty television, prohibition of alcohol, and parental licensing program. The hard-nosed, democratic, humorless population of 25.627 billion Giant Moon Laserians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The minute, corrupt, outspoken government, or what there is of one, juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Industry, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Battery Park. Income tax is unheard of.

The frighteningly efficient Giant Moon Laserian economy, worth a remarkable 5,066 trillion giant moon credits a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Door-to-door Insurance Sales, Uranium Mining, and Retail. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 197,708 giant moon credits, with the richest citizens earning 5.6 times as much as the poorest.

Politicians can be seen taking candy from babies, the parliament building has installed a revolving door, kids are taught in schools to argue with their parents, and a blood-red mark on the doorframe means a building must be passed over for destruction. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Giant Moon Laser's national animal is the giant moon bat, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution, and its national religion is Zugovocianism.

Giant Moon Laser is ranked 1,142^nd in the world and 1^st in The Moon for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, scoring 14,128.98 on the Henry Ford Productivity Index.