The Colony of Metila is a massive, efficient nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 3.421 billion Metilans are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The tiny, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Welfare. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 6.2%.

The thriving Metilan economy, worth 244 trillion aurums a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Uranium Mining industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Gambling, and Basket Weaving. Average income is 71,419 aurums, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 242,536 per year while the poor average 15,515, a ratio of 15.6 to 1.

It is illegal to make racist remarks in public, the latest Harry Potter book is a bestseller, and the country's famous rainforests are being bulldozed by the mining industry. Crime is a problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Metila's national animal is the bovina, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Metila is ranked 261,597^th in the world and 8^th in East Timor for Most Beautiful Environments, with 148.36 pounds of wildlife per square mile.