The Kingdom of The Mode is a very large, safe nation, renowned for its compulsory military service, rampant corporate plagiarism, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, devout population of 209 million Modeans 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 medium-sized, moralistic government prioritizes Education, although Defense, Administration, and Law & Order are also considered important. The average income tax rate is 31.9%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Modean economy, worth 9.58 trillion Modean modeas a year, is quite specialized and led by the Beef-Based Agriculture industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Furniture Restoration, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 45,817 Modean modeas, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Young and brooding teens are welcomed with open arms to the Dogwarts School of Strangeness and Sorcery, eminent domain has been abolished, research into 'designer babies' is banned, and octogenarian swimsuit models insist that they've still got it. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Mode's national animal is the horse, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

The Mode is ranked 206,432^nd in the world and 64^th in The Mood for Highest Average Incomes, with 45,817.61 Standard Monetary Units.