The People's Republic of Meskland is a very large, genial nation, remarkable for its museums and concert halls, ban on automobiles, and daily referendums. The compassionate population of 290 million Mesklandians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, liberal, socially-minded morass — juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Lafollette. The average income tax rate is 89.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Mesklandian economy, worth 20.4 trillion Grens a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Furniture Restoration industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Tourism. Average income is 70,268 Grens, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Naval armadas borrow their formations from synchronized swimming handbooks, a vast monorail network carries people all over the country, sly spies try to rely on national allies so that they don't die, and tourists ask to stay in the same pleasant accommodations where foreign prisoners are kept. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Meskland's national animal is the Gull, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Meskland is ranked 11,317^th in the world and 185^th in The Leftist Assembly for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 5,038.27 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.