The Constitutional Monarchy of Mattisvolk is a very large, safe nation, notable for its smutty television, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate population of 419 million Mattisvolkians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Rooster Bay. The average income tax rate is 67.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Mattisvolkian economy, worth 22.8 trillion Volksmarks a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Trout Farming, Arms Manufacturing, and Furniture Restoration. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 54,517 Volksmarks, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

UFO sightings are listed daily in the morning news, schoolchildren on field trips are asked what torture means to them, teenagers claim that morning paper rounds are performance art, and it is mandatory to learn evolution in schools. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Mattisvolk's national animal is the Rooster, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Mattisvolk is ranked 52,377^th in the world and 131^st in Starlight for Highest Average Tax Rates, with 67.62 Effective Tax Rate.