The Mesosilverian Republic of Miedania is a huge, safe nation, notable for its infamous sell-swords, prohibition of alcohol, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 805 million Miedanians 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 medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Cotazur. The average income tax rate is 38.1%.

The all-consuming Miedanian economy, worth 93.5 trillion Miedanian Francs a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Book Publishing, and Soda Sales. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 116,188 Miedanian Francs, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.7 times as much as the poorest.

Lending money has become a major liability, coffee cups have grown in size to accommodate the huge ingredients list, the Department of Health is snowed under by requests for crisper ciabatta and tenderer tagliatelle, and bureaucrats close new businesses for not complying with the Penguin Packaging Index. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Miedania's national animal is the Miedanian Lynx, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Miedania is ranked 63,568^th in the world and 1,034^th in The East Pacific for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 3,764.52 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.