The Republic of Mastereion is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its parental licensing program, smutty television, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, cynical population of 1.44 billion Mastereionians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The large, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. The average income tax rate is 53.4%.

The very strong Mastereionian economy, worth 114 trillion guilders 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 slick, highly efficient, fairly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, Woodchip Exports, and Information Technology. 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 79,798 guilders, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.8 times as much as the poorest.

Prisoners can't do number twos without their "toilet buddy" present, frequent fliers are obliged to submit to invasive security procedures by government security, Leader has just been declared ruler of Mastereion in an international press conference, and every day has been a surprise since weather reporters turned to consulting ancient totems for their seven-day forecasts. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Mastereion's national animal is the panther.

Mastereion is ranked 57,031^st in the world and 3,225^th in Lazarus for Most Corrupt Governments, with 32.28 kickbacks per hour.