The State of Michelle Rae is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by the Governor with an even hand, and renowned for its state-planned economy and enforced nudity. The compassionate population of 40.078 billion Michelle Raeans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Environment, Education, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Westminster. The average income tax rate is 45.5%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Michelle Raean economy, worth a remarkable 1,499 trillion betales 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, quite specialized black market in Book Publishing, Trout Farming, Pizza Delivery, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. 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 37,405 betales, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Meat-eating is frowned upon, Michelle Rae has designated Westminster as its capital city, the Governor has just been declared ruler of Michelle Rae in an international press conference, and a major religion has been named as Michelle Rae's national religion. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Michelle Rae's national animal is the deer, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Michelle Rae is ranked 37,804^th in the world and 1^st in Michelle Rae for Largest Black Market, with 34.9 trillion Standard Monetary Units.