The Kingdom of Madrinet is a titanic, genial nation, ruled by King Amadeus with an even hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, smutty television, and daily referendums. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful, devout population of 19.636 billion Madrinetans enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The relatively small, liberal, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Clarault. The average income tax rate is 34.0%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Madrinetan economy, worth a remarkable 4,248 trillion florins a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing and Information Technology. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 216,348 florins, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Petting zoos have loose fingers strewn about, practising saying 'how now brown cow' is an essential part of holiday planning, whenever pilots have to bail out the government bails out their company, and entomologists flock to Clarault for its remarkable gadfly population. Crime is totally unknown. Madrinet's national animal is the dove, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Catholicism.

Madrinet is ranked 317,036^th in the world and 18^th in Mediterranean for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, scoring -48.56 on the Henry Ford Productivity Index.