The Matriarchy of Michis is a tiny, cultured nation, notable for its ban on automobiles, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 18 million Michisians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Administration, and Environment. The average income tax rate is 65.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The fragile Michisian economy, worth 395 billion Michipesos a year, is quite specialized and led by the Beef-Based Agriculture industry, with major contributions from Pizza Delivery, Trout Farming, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 21,978 Michipesos, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The nation's politicians are known more for the internet memes they spawn than any of their accomplishments, prime real estate is devoted to wind farms and solar energy generators, proper policy proposals prerequire professional peer-reviewed papers, and police officers find government bureaucracy more terrifying than most serial killers. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Michis's national animal is the Cat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Michis is ranked 140,023^rd in the world and 179^th in Refugia for Largest Soda Pop Sector, scoring 521.86 on the Addison-Fukk Productivity Rating.