The Community of Middling is a tiny, safe nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service and enforced nudity. The hard-nosed, democratic, devout population of 12 million Middlingians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Education, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 32.1%.

The Middlingian economy, worth 547 billion half-dollars a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Retail. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 45,585 half-dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.6 times as much as the poorest.

Calls to prayer are the newest dog whistles, industry tycoons rarely hide their misdeeds due to the government's habit of bailing them out, debates on whether toilet seats should be left up or down are increasingly commonplace, and the government has the power to seize property at will. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Middling's national animal is the dog.

Middling is ranked 297,746^th in the world and 3^rd in Gamenight for Most Influential, scoring 12 on the Soft Power Disbursement Rating.