The Department of Meuse-Inferieure is a colossal, efficient nation, remarkable for its infamous sell-swords, compulsory military service, and zero percent divorce rate. The hard-working, devout population of 3.951 billion Meuse-Inferieuriens are free to succeed or fail in life on their own merits; the successful tend to enjoy an opulent (but moralistic) lifestyle, while the failures can be seen crowding out most jails.

The relatively small, pro-business government prioritizes Spirituality, with Defense, Law & Order, and Education also on the agenda, while International Aid and Welfare aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Maëstricht. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 9.8%.

The very strong Meuse-Inferieurien economy, worth 251 trillion francs a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Beef-Based Agriculture industry, with significant contributions from Retail, Information Technology, and Cheese Exports. Average income is 63,722 francs, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 193,335 per year while the poor average 16,326, a ratio of 11.8 to 1.

Class clowns are frequently listed among the most dangerous criminals in the nation, undersea volcanoes receive strongly worded letters for violating environmental regulations, Meuse-Inferieurien soldiers are assured their new ray-guns will finally power up after the next round of ominous chanting, and Leader has just been declared ruler of Meuse-Inferieure in an international press conference. Crime, especially youth-related, is relatively low, despite the fact that it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many laws. Meuse-Inferieure's national animal is the lion.

Meuse-Inferieure is ranked 204,186^th in the world and 93^rd in Department Store for Lowest Crime Rates, with 57.51 law-abiding acts per hour.