The Republic of Mephita is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its state-planned economy, smutty television, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, democratic population of 332 million Mephitans are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The large, liberal, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Muskingham. The average income tax rate is 69.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Mephitan economy, worth 24.1 trillion credits a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Trout Farming industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Information Technology, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is 72,490 credits, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The revelation that people were sexist in the past is apparently front page news, the government mails weekly updates on the new anti-junk mail laws to every citizen, priceless Maxtopian artwork can often be found in executive bathrooms, and works of historical fiction contain a surprising lack of historical figures. Crime is totally unknown. Mephita's national animal is the sturgeon, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Mephita is ranked 14,043^rd in the world and 252^nd in the Pacific for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 54.3 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.