The Most Serene Republic of Medjimurje is a huge, efficient nation, notable for its infamous sell-swords, suspicion of poets, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 413 million Medjimurians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Law & Order, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The Grand Port of Prelog. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 28.7%.

The all-consuming Medjimurjean economy, worth 37.9 trillion medjimurian kunas a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Trout Farming, Retail, and Cheese Exports. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 91,781 medjimurian kunas, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 319,245 per year while the poor average 19,228, a ratio of 16.6 to 1.

The government says only criminals harp on about "innocent until proven guilty", a new guerrilla marketing campaign for tap water involves government agents spraying random citizens with hose water, drug deals return to the streets as legions of undercover officers stalk the dark web, and the diplomatic corps tends to open negotiations by insulting all the foreigners in the room. Crime, especially youth-related, is relatively low, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Medjimurje's national animal is the potato of Belica, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Medjimurje is ranked 115,099^th in the world and 2,028^th in the South Pacific for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 1,266.83 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.