The Rising Stars of New Matzeratia is a huge, genial nation, notable for its museums and concert halls, pith helmet sales, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, democratic population of 695 million Matzeratians love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Riverburg. The average income tax rate is 79.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Matzeratian economy, worth 69.1 trillion New Matzeratian Marks a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism and Cheese Exports. Average income is 99,444 New Matzeratian Marks, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The treehouse in Swan Park is the tallest building in New Matzeratia, Matzeratian husbands are dead good at fathering kids, former stunt pilots are unable to pass the licence test to fly a drone, and children are brainwashed at a young age to accept "love and peace!" as a way of life. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. New Matzeratia's national animal is the swan, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

New Matzeratia is ranked 17,376^th in the world and 574^th in The North Pacific for Highest Foreign Aid Spending, scoring 1,286.93 on the Clooney Contribution Index.