The Democratic Republic of Messenger of nations is a very large, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its complete lack of prisons, public floggings, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, democratic population of 289 million Messenger of nationsians 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 government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 15.4%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Messenger of nationsian economy, worth 16.4 trillion messageses a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Gambling, and Furniture Restoration. Average income is 56,823 messageses, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.6 times as much as the poorest.

Nobody looks each other in the eye at neighborhood block parties any more, justice is blinding, violently opinionated speakers can be heard preaching their hateful views on every street corner, and guide dogs for the blind have been seen using government websites. Crime, especially youth-related, is moderate, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Messenger of nations's national animal is the galop, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Messenger of nations is ranked 196,394^th in the world and 7^th in The Arctic for Largest Manufacturing Sector, scoring 6,054.97 on the Gooback-Jerbs Productivity Index.