The United Kingdom of Mediama is a gargantuan, genial nation, ruled by Queen Jessica L Williams III with a fair hand, and renowned for its frequent executions, sprawling nuclear power plants, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 13.621 billion Mediamen enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Illustrantia. The average income tax rate is 83.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Mediaman economy, worth a remarkable 2,457 trillion Pounds a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is an impressive 180,445 Pounds, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

Heavy industry must go to expensive lengths to dispose of waste, lawyers turn down litigation cases and corporate work in order to focus on lucrative public defence work, passwords to nuclear codes must now contain upper and lower case characters, and tourists often cite 'hiding money in an off-shore banking account' as their main reason to visit the nation. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Mediama's national animal is the Falcon, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Mediama is ranked 269,559^th in the world and 22^nd in The Strategic and Economic Alliance for Most Devout, with 3.57 prayers per hour.