The Republic of Mestov is a massive, genial nation, ruled by Harlow Stone with an even hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, ubiquitous missile silos, and national health service. The compassionate population of 1.508 billion Mestovians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Valence. The average income tax rate is 80.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Mestovian economy, worth 219 trillion Vineroes a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Trout Farming. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 145,414 Vineroes, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.

Cheese lovers have a case of the bleus, hidden bedroom-cams are installed to catch mothers doing their kids' homework, the government-sponsored autobiography 'A Harlow Stone For All Seasons' has only been bought by the most loyal of Harlow Stone's supporters, and the nation's laws on image rights are amongst the strictest in the world. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Mestov's national animal is the Lion, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Mestov is ranked 263,312^th in the world and 11,619^th in The East Pacific for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, scoring -10.68 on the Henry Ford Productivity Index.