The Megalopolis Corporatocracy of Matofali is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by President Jacob Sweetwater with an iron fist, and notable for its rum-swilling pirates, disturbing lack of elderly people, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 11.581 billion Matofalians are rabid consumers, partly through choice and partly because the government tells them to and dissenters tend to vanish from their homes at night.

The minute, corrupt, pro-business government, or what there is of one, juggles the competing demands of Industry, Defense, and Spirituality. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Tar Rock Arcology 01. Income tax is unheard of.

The frighteningly efficient Matofalian economy, worth a remarkable 5,208 trillion Mato Points a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Gambling, Arms Manufacturing, and Soda Sales. Average income is an amazing 449,780 Mato Points, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 4,209,706 per year while the poor average 4,086, a ratio of 1,030 to 1.

Tar Rock Arcology 01 has restaurants serving every meat from aardvark to zebra, children often explain to their parents that the Mega Ultimate Sword Fist was worth the thousand-Mato Point charge on their phone bill, President Jacob Sweetwater can't hear a thing when the unwashed masses throw rocks at the new state limousine, and GDP growth is the preferred altar of national worship. Crime, especially youth-related, is so common that it is unusual to encounter someone following the law, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Matofali's national animal is the Rope Hawk, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Corporatism.

Matofali is ranked 73^rd in the world and 5^th in The North Pacific for Highest Wealthy Incomes, with 4.21 million Standard Monetary Units.