The Empire of Motholia is a huge, orderly nation, remarkable for its anti-smoking policies, prohibition of alcohol, and public floggings. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 432 million Motholians 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 enormous, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Odyssia. The average income tax rate is 81.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Motholian economy, worth 16.8 trillion Mothols a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Door-to-door Insurance Sales, Automobile Manufacturing, and Tourism. Average income is 38,842 Mothols, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The Police Surveillance Unit's motto is "Gotta Catch 'Em All", power to the people comes from the barrel of a gun, teams of painters are converting road signs from horse lengths to kilometers, and being sent to collections is more dangerous than ever. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Motholia's national animal is the Ouroboros, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Motholia is ranked 28,417^th in the world and 12^th in Kerbals of the North for Lowest Crime Rates, with 81.99 law-abiding acts per hour.