The Federal Democratic Republic of Mapperdonia is a titanic, efficient nation, renowned for its rum-swilling pirates, daily referendums, and absence of drug laws. The compassionate, cheerful population of 14.046 billion Mapperdons enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The medium-sized, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Ortelius. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Mapperdonian economy, worth a remarkable 5,410 trillion Mapperdon dollars a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Soda Sales. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 385,197 Mapperdon dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The new national mascot has to be wheeled onto the field of play, cheap textbooks have replaced coasters at college ragers, diplomats miss flights while wandering Ortelius Airport's endless art maze, and representatives soak in mineral pools at the new capitol building day spa. Crime is totally unknown. Mapperdonia's national animal is the eagle, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Technoreligion.

Mapperdonia is ranked 612^th in the world and 1^st in Equiterra for Most Rebellious Youth, scoring 102 on the Stark-Dean Displacement Index.