The Armed Republic of Matcacia is a large, safe nation, notable for its compulsory military service, national health service, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, democratic population of 80 million Matcacians 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, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Welfare, and Education. The average income tax rate is 50.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Matcacian economy, worth 4.20 trillion Rostaras a year, is led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Trout Farming, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 52,541 Rostaras, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Concert halls sport signs proclaiming "No Shorts, Sandals or Swastikas", there's a literal nanny state for the legions of children taken by social services, the government is spending billions of taxpayer Rostaras to support "struggling" industries, and fruit pickers with degrees in Fox psychology are a common sight. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Matcacia's national animal is the Fox, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Matcacia is ranked 214,569^th in the world and 2,588^th in the West Pacific for Largest Cheese Export Sector, scoring -3.35 on the Mozzarella Productivity Index.