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The Lawless Mayhem of Metania is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by Metal Man with a fair hand, and notable for its punitive income tax rates. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, intelligent population of 11.335 billion live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, corrupt, liberal, pro-business government stops and the rest of society begins, but it is mainly concerned with the Environment, although Education and Healthcare are secondary priorities. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Eisnaught. The average income tax rate is 100%. The private sector is almost wholly made up of enterprising fourteen-year-old boys selling lemonade on the sidewalk, although the government is looking at stamping this out.

Fur coats have become the latest fashion trend, meat-eating is frowned upon, the Metania Enquirer offers weekly cash prizes for 'most blasphemous song, story, or cartoon', and the recently unemployed can often be seen at the local homeless shelter. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is crippling, probably because of the country's utter lack of prisons. Metania's national animal is the Armadillo, which is also the nation's favorite main course, its national religion is Church of the SubGenius, and its currency is the United Nation Fragment.

Metania is ranked 4th in the region and 432nd in the world for Best Weather.