The Awakened City-State of Medab is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Learned Pinner with an even hand, and notable for its teetotalling pirates, daily referendums, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 9.704 billion Serviles enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The enormous, liberal, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Welfare, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Medab. The average income tax rate is 75.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Servile economy, worth 597 trillion slightly outdated gold coins a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, highly specialized black market in Basket Weaving, Trout Farming, Furniture Restoration, and Book Publishing. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 61,566 slightly outdated gold coins, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Most pop videos prominently feature the Servile flag, the paparazzi publicize Royal scandals with the utmost delight, the banshee wail foretells skies of death, and group hugs break out during floor votes. Crime is well under control. Medab's national animal is the rogue creation, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Abstract Liberalism.

Medab is ranked 182,447^th in the world and 8,043^rd in Lazarus for Lowest Crime Rates, with 58.22 law-abiding acts per hour.