The Continent of Meean is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its state-planned economy, sprawling nuclear power plants, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed, democratic population of 13.098 billion Meeanians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, socially-minded government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 92.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but stagnant Meeanian economy, worth 275 trillion knapps a year, is driven almost entirely by government activity, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is extremely specialized, is mostly made up of the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining. State-owned companies are the norm. Average income is 21,027 knapps, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government seizes all major gold finds, the study of medicine is popular throughout Meean, every product goes through extensive safety-testing by the government, and drunk drivers are sent to rehabilitation paid for by the government. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Meean's national animal is the tardigrade, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Meean is ranked 297,676^th in the world and 1^st in Winter Solstice for Largest Basket Weaving Sector, scoring -8 on the Hickory Productivity Index.