The Federative Republic of Membatak is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by First Speaker Leah Jimenez with a fair hand, and remarkable for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, complete lack of prisons, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 5.638 billion Membatakians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Saro. The average income tax rate is 95.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Membatakian economy, worth 833 trillion Takis a year, is highly specialized and mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Trout Farming. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 147,758 Takis, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The voyages of obsolete star-trekking satellites on deliberate escape orbits are only just beginning, beating enemies to death with a baseball bat is legal if done within nine innings, the government has adopted a "Lightning Never Strikes Twice" approach to dealing with natural disasters, and all statues and paintings of dogs are being destroyed to avoid offending cat-lovers. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Membatak's national animal is the Cockatiel, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Membatak is ranked 5,441^st in the world and 102^nd in The Communist Bloc for Lowest Crime Rates, with 111.62 law-abiding acts per hour.