The Grey Matriarchy of Matriar is a titanic, genial nation, ruled by Queen Jane Grey with an even hand, and notable for its smutty television, ban on automobiles, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate population of 23.601 billion Matriarians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Education, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Perriar. The average income tax rate is 69.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Matriarian economy, worth a remarkable 1,686 trillion Moldoes a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Furniture Restoration, and Woodchip Exports. Average income is 71,451 Moldoes, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Census workers struggle to account for the rapidly increasing number of citizens to tabulate, mollycoddled youths run the country, imitation is the sincerest form of felony, and parents seeking custody have to write a five-thousand word analysis of their child's imaginary friend. Crime is totally unknown. Matriar's national animal is the Caracal, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Christianity.

Matriar is ranked 19,785^th in the world and 2^nd in The Respected Realms for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring 7,909.85 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.