The Midaic Republic of Midand is a titanic, efficient nation, ruled by Midaic Chairman Axel Vodden with an even hand, and renowned for its pith helmet sales, daily referendums, and ubiquitous missile silos. The compassionate, humorless population of 19.631 billion Midandians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Midandia. The average income tax rate is 98.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Midandian economy, worth a remarkable 4,129 trillion Midoes a year, is quite specialized and mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 210,345 Midoes, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The numbers on the latest spending report are reaching stellar levels, you can touch grass without leaving your computer, museum visitors often bring lemons and black lights, and scientists pester asteroids with probes until they go away. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Midand's national animal is the dog, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Midand is ranked 10,938^th in the world and 346^th in the South Pacific for Nicest Citizens, with 29.77 average smiles per day.