The Dystopian Utopia of Mekat is a colossal, socially progressive nation, ruled by Duckspeaker Anonymous with a fair hand, and notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, national health service, and otherworldly petting zoo. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 4.637 billion Mekatians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The relatively small, corrupt, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Sterces. The average income tax rate is 5.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Mekatian economy, worth 935 trillion Deniers a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Retail, Uranium Mining, and Book Publishing. Black market activity is notable. Average income is an amazing 201,784 Deniers, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.7 times as much as the poorest.

Pet loving officers arrest citizens who don't give their dogs enough biscuits, businessmen behave differently if their supervisor is watching, teens are voting on which C-List pop star will be next to be evicted from the opera house, and census workers struggle to account for the rapidly increasing number of citizens to tabulate. Crime is totally unknown. Mekat's national animal is the Panther, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Freedom of religion.

Mekat is ranked 16,595^th in the world and 1^st in A new place at a different time for Highest Poor Incomes, with 99,721 Standard Monetary Units.