The Matest of Matism is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by He Most Mat with a fair hand, and remarkable for its smutty television, state-planned economy, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 14.578 billion Matists love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, outspoken government prioritizes Education, with Environment, Healthcare, and Industry also on the agenda, while Spirituality receives no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Matapest. The average income tax rate is 95.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Matismian economy, worth a remarkable 2,086 trillion Mats a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 143,130 Mats, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Dogs are encouraged to confront the psychodynamic roots of their desire to be "good boys", no personal detail is too tiny for the suede-denim census police, museums stand half-empty as all foreign exhibits are returned to their countries of origin, and some paycheques only arrive every 12 to 24 weeks. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Matism's national animal is the Bat, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Matism is ranked 9,133^rd in the world and 146^th in the West Pacific for Lowest Crime Rates, with 102.73 law-abiding acts per hour.