The State of Imperial Madison is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by the Governor with an iron fist, and renowned for its state-planned economy, irreverence towards religion, and punitive income tax rates. The cynical population of 16.814 billion Imperial Madisonians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The enormous, corrupt, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Capital Heights. The average income tax rate is 66.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but underdeveloped Imperial Madisonian economy, worth 570 trillion betales a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Trout Farming, Uranium Mining, and Automobile Manufacturing. Average income is 33,906 betales, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Protesters are up in arms over new nuclear power stations, it ain't easy to be green enough to be imported into Imperial Madison, Imperial Madison has been recently classified as an international menace after 'liberating' several nearby territories, and prolonged government investigations are a common revenge tactic among spurned spouses. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Imperial Madison's national animal is the deer, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Imperial Madison is ranked 66,734^th in the world and 1^st in The Americas for Lowest Crime Rates, with 70.58 law-abiding acts per hour.