The People's Republic of Mekat is a massive, genial nation, ruled by Duckspeaker Anonymous with a fair hand, and renowned for its prohibition of alcohol, digital currency, and sprawling nuclear power plants. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 1.265 billion Mekatians 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 relatively small, corrupt, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Sterces. The average income tax rate is 30.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Mekatian economy, worth 162 trillion Deniers a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Retail, Furniture Restoration, and Basket Weaving. Black market activity is notable. Average income is an impressive 128,597 Deniers, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.0 times as much as the poorest.

Major cities run on potato batteries, no cul-de-sac or trailer park is complete without a gambling parlor, leading ethologists are being investigated for illegal electoral interference, and asthmatics can now suffer the effects of polluting chimneys from further away than ever before. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Mekat's national animal is the Panther, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Freedom of religion.

Mekat is ranked 45,537^th in the world and 1^st in A New Place at a different Time for Most Extensive Public Healthcare, scoring 3,378.24 on the Theresa-Nightingale Rating.