The Most Serene Republic of Matriculate is a mammoth, efficient nation, ruled by Richard Matheson with an even hand, and notable for its smutty television, zero percent divorce rate, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, humorless population of 9.092 billion Matriculateans are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The relatively small, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Matrixulated. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 15.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Matriculatean economy, worth a remarkable 1,157 trillion Simulacrums a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Black market activity is frequent. Average income is an impressive 127,317 Simulacrums, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 376,327 per year while the poor average 33,852, a ratio of 11.1 to 1.

Nefarious Blackacrean surveillance has been replaced with patriotic Matriculatean surveillance, the Museum of Blackacrean War Crimes is located on "Blackacre Did Nothing Wrong Avenue", politicians post explicit photos of themselves on community notice boards, and leisure is a crime in ski towns. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Matriculate's national animal is the Space Porpoise, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is The Twilight Zone 1960.

Matriculate is ranked 305,368^th in the world and 4^th in Last Flight for Least Corrupt Governments, with 64.7 percentage of bribes refused.