The United States of Madis0n is a colossal, genial nation, renowned for its absence of drug laws, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 5.373 billion Madis0nians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The large, liberal, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Education, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 53.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but underdeveloped Madis0nian economy, worth 154 trillion Ideas a year, is dominated by the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Pizza Delivery, and Woodchip Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 28,760 Ideas, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Female newsreaders distract the nation by breastfeeding during broadcast, couples kissing on the street are detained for 'unlawful exchange of genetic material', the bonfire of the old paper records can be seen for miles around Madis0n City, and conspiracy theorists allege that the government is spying on them through their carbon monoxide detectors. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Madis0n's national animal is the Dog, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Madis0n is ranked 240,456^th in the world and 10,198^th in Lazarus for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 109.09 on the Gilded Widget Scale.