The Federal Republic of Midlona is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by John Hayes with a fair hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, ubiquitous missile silos, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, devout population of 1.841 billion Midlonans hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of New Gailen. The average income tax rate is 35.0%.

The all-consuming Midlonan economy, worth 189 trillion Deoughs a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Information Technology, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 103,052 Deoughs, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.3 times as much as the poorest.

The police insist that racism does not exist, elevator music has been replaced by thrash metal played at maximum volume, recognised healthcare professionals treat diabetes with a grain of sugar in a barrel of water, and the navy is chrome-plating its battleships to prevent rust. Crime is totally unknown. Midlona's national animal is the seal, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Midlona is ranked 31,061^st in the world and 1^st in Coalition of Federalist States for Most Cultured, scoring 80 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.