The Republic of Messeion is a massive, genial nation, ruled by Ariéno Valénque with an even hand, and remarkable for its national health service, irreverence towards religion, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic population of 2.201 billion Messeians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Calodeme. The average income tax rate is 54.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Messaíos economy, worth 94.3 trillion Cuivres a year, is led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Retail, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 42,837 Cuivres, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Messeion's heavy congestion charges are the bane of motorists' lives, teenagers are told they're not thinking about sex enough, organ donation rates are among the lowest in the region, and party affiliation is just as irrelevant as campaign promises. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Messeion's national animal is the Eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Messeion is ranked 156,330^th in the world and 20^th in The Social Liberal Union for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 862.67 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.