The Dictatorship of Matika is a colossal, safe nation, ruled by Nunya Business with an iron fist, and notable for its museums and concert halls, ubiquitous missile silos, and triple-decker prams. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 3.571 billion Matikans are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Industry, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Tokhulu. The average income tax rate is 71.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Matik economy, worth 536 trillion Dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Book Publishing, and Retail. Average income is an impressive 150,109 Dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.5 times as much as the poorest.

A shipwreck is everyone's fault but the captain's, citizens are constantly disappointed to find their nuisance neighbours are still alive, the most popular stadium acts are one-off performances, and the construction of massive skyscrapers seems to be the result of Matika's mid-life crisis. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Matika's national animal is the Trout, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to heavy metals seepage into national waterways, and its national religion is Atheism.

Matika is ranked 22,910^th in the world and 198^th in The East Pacific for Most Advanced Defense Forces, scoring 8,098.27 on the Total War Preparedness Rating.