The Grand Duchy of Massangenidode is a mid-sized, genial nation, notable for its compulsory military service, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, cynical population of 62 million Massangenidodeans are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 59.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Massangenidodean economy, worth 1.63 trillion gaggles a year, is quite specialized and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Basket Weaving, Pizza Delivery, and Woodchip Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 26,326 gaggles, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The alarmingly racist TV show 'Bigtopians Say the Darndest Things' is a hit, marijuana is legal in the privacy of your own home, college students make ends meet by selling their kidneys, and kids are arrested at gunpoint for playing with toy rifles. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Massangenidode's national animal is the french.

Massangenidode is ranked 111,001^st in the world and 46^th in Sun Tzu the Art of War for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring 2,992.55 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.