The Federal Republic of Meulborne is a mammoth, safe nation, ruled by President Maxwell Schneider with a fair hand, and renowned for its ubiquitous missile silos, punitive income tax rates, and restrictive gun laws. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 5.794 billion Meulborneanos love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Drunskenberg. The average income tax rate is 92.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Meulborneano economy, worth 972 trillion Francoes a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Retail. Average income is an impressive 167,841 Francoes, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Graffiti is done with immaculate multi-layer shading, a passport is literally priceless, entomologists flock to Drunskenberg for its remarkable gadfly population, and the government single-handedly sustains the bunk bed market. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Meulborne's national animal is the Bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Meulborne is ranked 5,397^th in the world and 217^th in Lazarus for Lowest Crime Rates, with 120.4 law-abiding acts per hour.