The Macedonian Region of Meglen is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, notable for its state-planned economy, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 40.139 billion Meglenians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, socially-minded, well-organized morass — juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Healthcare, and Education. The average income tax rate is 70.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but sluggish Meglenian economy, worth 779 trillion denars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, highly specialized black market in Door-to-door Insurance Sales, Pizza Delivery, Cheese Exports, and Arms Manufacturing. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 19,428 denars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Meglen's national animal is the lion, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Meglen is ranked 109,149^th in the world and 1^st in Makedonia for Lowest Crime Rates, with 64.79 law-abiding acts per hour.