The Republic of Matzerati12 is a huge, genial nation, notable for its state-planned economy, devotion to social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The devout population of 365 million Matzerati12ians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Spirituality, and Education. The average income tax rate is 48.5%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Matzerati12ian economy, worth 17.0 trillion kronor 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 Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Pizza Delivery, Cheese Exports, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is 46,546 kronor, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Legislation sometimes has to battle through weeks of filibustering to pass, spotted owl meat is used as bait to lure wolves into traps, faking deafness is the only way to guarantee a holiday in the nation, and an increasing percentage of the population's youth have homosexual parents. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Matzerati12's national animal is the turtle, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Matzerati12 is ranked 116,955^th in the world and 1,070^th in Artificial Solar System for Most Patriotic, with 13.58 flags saluted per person per day.