The Matriarchy of Euro 130 is a colossal, efficient nation, remarkable for its frequent executions, avowedly heterosexual populace, and ubiquitous missile silos. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 6.729 billion Euro 130ians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 71.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Euro 130ian economy, worth 727 trillion Cards a year, is dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Woodchip Exports. Black market activity is extensive. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 108,055 Cards, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.4 times as much as the poorest.

Punk-rockers and girl-bands are united in their loss of fashion statements, lobbyists are trying to convince government to recategorize most natural disasters as "non-critical naturogenic inconveniences", aggravated apostrophe abusers are admonished and assaulted, and the military invades any neighboring nation with the gall to criticize its policies. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Euro 130's national animal is the Raven, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Euro 130 is ranked 140,113^th in the world and 406^th in Memeland United for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 629.17 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.