The Dystopian Utopia of Mekat is a colossal, socially progressive nation, ruled by Duckspeaker Anonymous with a fair hand, and remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, daily referendums, and smutty television. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 4.822 billion Mekatians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The relatively small, corrupt, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Sterces. The average income tax rate is 5.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Mekatian economy, worth 974 trillion Deniers a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Retail, Uranium Mining, and Book Publishing. Black market activity is notable. Average income is an amazing 201,955 Deniers, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.7 times as much as the poorest.

Census workers struggle to account for the rapidly increasing number of citizens to tabulate, inter-species marriages are ignored by the government, you can touch grass without leaving your computer, and criminals identify as innocent. Crime is totally unknown. Mekat's national animal is the Panther, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Freedom of religion.

Mekat is ranked 73,842^nd in the world and 1^st in A new place at a different time for Most Extensive Public Healthcare, scoring 2,468.21 on the Theresa-Nightingale Rating.