The Most Serene Republic of Medjimurje is a huge, orderly nation, renowned for its compulsory military service, anti-smoking policies, and enslaved workforce. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 472 million Medjimurians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Administration, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The Grand Port of Prelog. The average income tax rate is 35.7%.

The all-consuming Medjimurjean economy, worth 47.1 trillion medjimurian kunas a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Trout Farming, Retail, and Cheese Exports. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 99,858 medjimurian kunas, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.9 times as much as the poorest.

Nearsighted shoppers looking for probiotics end up purchasing a lot of prophylactics, grumpy old house owners demand that pedestrians get off their footpaths, the government is more interested in identifying problems than fixing them, and sailors spend their shore leave helping old ladies cross the street. Crime, especially youth-related, is well under control, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Medjimurje's national animal is the potato of Belica, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Medjimurje is ranked 39,073^rd in the world and 645^th in the South Pacific for Most Patriotic, with 32.79 flags saluted per person per day.