The Bad Bad Hats of Midway- is a mammoth, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its lack of airports, frequent executions, and sprawling nuclear power plants. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 9.158 billion Midway-ians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The medium-sized, corrupt, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Administration, and Law & Order. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 69.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Midway-ian economy, worth a remarkable 1,457 trillion bad bad hats a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a large, well-organized, broadly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Retail. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an impressive 159,183 bad bad hats, with the richest citizens earning 9.1 times as much as the poorest.

Domestic fishermen fly the Midway-ian flag out of fear of being blown up, legend has it Leader's shower singing echoes through the halls of government, there are increasing complaints that male AI assistants have aggressive voices, and medical staff can legally quiet people who ask for a second helping of Salisbury steak. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Midway-'s national animal is the hat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Midway- is ranked 305,695^th in the world and 13^th in queer for Least Corrupt Governments, with 63.68 percentage of bribes refused.