The Consortium of The Metrons is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Shelyne Perrin with an even hand, and notable for its prohibition of alcohol, daily referendums, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed population of 9.994 billion Metrons are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The enormous, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The Arena. The average income tax rate is 67.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Metron economy, worth 574 trillion Federation Credits a year, is quite specialized and dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Pizza Delivery, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Black market activity is extensive. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 57,450 Federation Credits, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

One-man canoes fitted with the latest tracking technology leave no room for one man, copyright laws have been abolished, the military is slashing spending on conventional arms and diverting it to spending on prosthetic arms, and proper policy proposals prerequire professional peer-reviewed papers. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Metrons's national animal is the Alien Raider, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

The Metrons is ranked 45,900^th in the world and 23^rd in United Earth Space Probe Agency for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 4,677.7 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.