The Federal Republic of Midlona is a massive, socially progressive nation, ruled by Harris Lorden with a fair hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, free-roaming dinosaurs, and daily referendums. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, devout population of 2.755 billion Midlonans enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Administration, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of New Gailen. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 44.9%.

The frighteningly efficient Midlonan economy, worth 298 trillion Deoughs a year, is led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Information Technology, and Retail. Average income is an impressive 108,453 Deoughs, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 365,826 per year while the poor average 23,801, a ratio of 15.4 to 1.

It's said that a Midlonan always pays his debts with significant compounding, one-stop superstores divide and conquer family businesses, wounded veterans can only get prosthetics if they agree to become walking billboards for the arms industry, and corporate lawyers are joyfully combing through the new tax code for any new loopholes for their clients. Crime is totally unknown. Midlona's national animal is the seal, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Midlona is ranked 78,157^th in the world and 1^st in Coalition of Federalist States for Largest Welfare Programs, scoring 1,636.3 on the Safety Net Mesh Density Rating.