The Republic of Midi-1 is a gargantuan, safe nation, notable for its frequent executions, fear of technology, and restrictive gun laws. The hard-nosed population of 21.538 billion Midi-1ians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The large, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Education. The average income tax rate is 47.7%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Midi-1ian economy, worth a remarkable 1,234 trillion $$s a year, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Cheese Exports, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 57,334 $$s, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.

Midi-1 has been recently classified as an international menace after 'liberating' several nearby territories, sexually-starved male dinosaurs terrorise tourists during weekly breakouts from Mesozoic Park, the police double as repo men, and autopsies often involve only cursory examination. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Midi-1's national animal is the Dolly Varden, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Midi-1 is ranked 90,739^th in the world and 1^st in Midian for Lowest Crime Rates, with 67.08 law-abiding acts per hour.