The Headbanging Republic of Metaloidia is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Leatherjacket with a fair hand, and renowned for its ritual sacrifices, daily referendums, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, democratic population of 11.768 billion Metaloidians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The relatively small, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Headbanging City. The average income tax rate is 11.2%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Metaloidian economy, worth 650 trillion Ronnie James Dios a year, is fairly diversified and dominated by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Gambling, Pizza Delivery, and Basket Weaving. Average income is 55,266 Ronnie James Dios, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

Popular candidates who don't suffer last-second political scandals tend to get fished out of the Headbanging City River, park rangers struggle to deal with a rash of stolen pic-a-nic baskets, children usually cry on their first day of school, and teenage male videogamers often suffer repetitive strain wrist injuries. Crime is relatively low. Metaloidia's national animal is the Metaloid Goat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Metaloidia is ranked 110,032^nd in the world and 2^nd in Hells Headbangers for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 81.49 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.