The Bloody Shadow of Mekhet is a gargantuan, efficient nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service, absence of drug laws, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 28.772 billion Mekkyians 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, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Administration, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 60.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Mekhetian economy, worth a remarkable 2,179 trillion tacoes a year, is led by the Uranium Mining industry, with major contributions from Woodchip Exports, Arms Manufacturing, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Black market activity is notable. Average income is 75,751 tacoes, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

Farmers are complaining that the buzzing and the sparks from the nearby MagRail are blighting their crops, the men in trenchcoats hanging around playgrounds are actually police officers, flash floods that dams could have controlled regularly ravage small towns in mountain valleys, and gay hospital patients are labelled with a pink triangle to alert staff of their substandard blood. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Mekhet's national animal is the Badger, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Mekhet is ranked 259,314^th in the world and 3,835^th in The North Pacific for Nicest Citizens, with 2.76 average smiles per day.