The Democratic Republic of Milomat is a huge, efficient nation, remarkable for its museums and concert halls, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 384 million Milomatians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The large, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 72.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Milomatian economy, worth 34.9 trillion Limits a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Retail, and Trout Farming. Average income is 90,836 Limits, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

According to the latest national census as many as two-thirds of the respondents possibly consider 'violet' their favorite color, pet loving officers arrest citizens who don't give their dogs enough biscuits, small children are learning a lot of new words from a teacher with Tourette Syndrome, and neighboring nations are tired of Milomat's big fish stories. Crime is totally unknown. Milomat's national animal is the Milomatian Cave Bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Milomat is ranked 153,195^th in the world and 7^th in Cradle of Etria for Most Pro-Market, scoring -79.22 on the Rand Index.