The State of Matticci is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by the Governor with a fair hand, and notable for its state-planned economy and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 32.112 billion Matticcians are known throughout the region for their efficiency and work ethic, as well as their general suspicion of leisure.

The large, moralistic, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Capital Heights. The average income tax rate is 38.0%.

The Matticcian economy, worth a remarkable 1,454 trillion betales a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Furniture Restoration, Book Publishing, and Pizza Delivery. Average income is 45,301 betales, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.0 times as much as the poorest.

Voting is voluntary, Matticci has designated Capital Heights as its capital city, The Governor has just been declared ruler of Matticci in an international press conference, and the government's official stance on religion is that it is so very silly. Crime is well under control, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Matticci's national animal is the deer, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Matticci is ranked 73,715^th in the world and 1^st in Kazakhstan for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 1,378.56 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.