The Matest of Matism is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by He Most Mat with a fair hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, soft-spoken computers, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 15.886 billion Matists love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, outspoken government prioritizes Education, with Environment, Healthcare, and Industry also on the agenda, while Spirituality isn't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Matapest. The average income tax rate is 95.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Matismian economy, worth a remarkable 2,273 trillion Mats a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 143,130 Mats, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Dogs are encouraged to confront the psychodynamic roots of their desire to be "good boys", no personal detail is too tiny for the suede-denim census police, museums stand half-empty as all foreign exhibits are returned to their countries of origin, and some paycheques only arrive every 12 to 24 weeks. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Matism's national animal is the Bat, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Matism is ranked 312,552^nd in the world and 3,776^th in the West Pacific for Largest Mining Sector, scoring -22.54 on the Blue Sky Asbestos Index.