The Republic of Meat Loaf is a massive, genial nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service, disturbing lack of elderly people, and public floggings. The compassionate, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 1.63 billion Meat Loafians 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 large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 66.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Meat Loafian economy, worth 178 trillion francs a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Tourism, and Uranium Mining. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 109,511 francs, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 430,960 per year while the poor average 18,887, a ratio of 22.8 to 1.

Citizens are expected to be proficient in at least five languages, the most popular stadium acts are one-off performances, childish pranks are no laughing matter, and builders spend more time negotiating "tasteful architecture" than on actual construction. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Meat Loaf's national animal is the falcon, which can occasionally be seen dodging aircraft in the nation's cities.

Meat Loaf is ranked 288,789^th in the world and 10^th in Meat Loaf for Largest Pizza Delivery Sector, scoring -9.35 on the Pepperoni Propulsion Productivity Index.