The Republic of Midi-1 is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its fear of technology, public floggings, and complete lack of prisons. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 26.804 billion Midi-1ians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The large, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. The average income tax rate is 46.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Midi-1ian economy, worth a remarkable 1,697 trillion $$s a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 63,348 $$s, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.8 times as much as the poorest.

The government is pouring money into 'Operation Enduring Democracy', being able to unblock a u-bend pipe is considered a universally essential skill, you need a signed affidavit from a registered psychiatrist to claim that you have crazy low prices, and the nation's most "productive" diamond mine hasn't been operational for seven months. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Midi-1's national animal is the Dolly Varden, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Midi-1 is ranked 233,696^th in the world and 1^st in Midian for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -4.8 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.