The Republic of Metropolitan 19 is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its frequent executions, digital currency, and suspicion of poets. The devout population of 10.667 billion Metropolitan 19ians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The medium-sized government prioritizes Defense, with Administration, Education, and Law & Order also on the agenda. The average income tax rate is 24.1%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The large but underdeveloped Metropolitan 19ian economy, worth 367 trillion rubles a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Furniture Restoration, and Soda Sales. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 34,464 rubles, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Minority children spend hours bussing to schools miles away from home, kids are told they can be whoever they want to be when they grow up, the experimental sculpture "Overtures In Dried Emu Dung" has been declared a national treasure, and Leader affectionately nicknames supporters by number. Crime is well under control, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Metropolitan 19's national animal is the emu, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Metropolitan 19 is ranked 221,944^th in the world and 1^st in 0527 Scaly merganser for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 765.36 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.