The Matriarchy of Mathai is a large, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, compulsory military service, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 199 million Mathaians enjoy some of the most opulent lifestyles in the region, unless they are unemployed or working-class, in which case they are variously starving to death or crippled by easily preventable diseases.

The tiny, liberal, pro-business government is primarily concerned with Defense, although Law & Order, Education, and Industry are also considered important, while Spirituality and International Aid receive no funds. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 8.1%.

The thriving Mathaian economy, worth 13.1 trillion bitcoins a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Pizza Delivery, and Soda Sales. Average income is 65,730 bitcoins, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 385,985 per year while the poor average 5,224, a ratio of 73.9 to 1.

Orthopaedics patients often have a bounce in their step, students at universities think exercise bikes are pieces of abstract art, Mathai City's main city thoroughfare has been blocked by a row of leyland cypresses that mysteriously appeared overnight, and citizens drive tank-like vehicles with mounted machine guns. Crime is a serious problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Mathai's national animal is the crocodile, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to heavy metals seepage into national waterways.

Mathai is ranked 296,998^th in the world and 135^th in Benigtopia for Largest Black Market, with 25.0 billion Standard Monetary Units.