The Most Serene Republic of The Medieval Hare is a colossal, socially progressive nation, renowned for its punitive income tax rates, devotion to social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The democratic population of 4.824 billion Medieval Hareans are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The enormous, liberal, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 61.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant Medieval Harean economy, worth 71.9 trillion Pennies 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, quite specialized black market in Information Technology, Trout Farming, Soda Sales, 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 14,902 Pennies, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Scientists regularly clone human beings for research purposes, tourists from around the world come to visit the country's famous rainforests, scientists earn more grant money for reproducing old experiments than trying anything new, and surveillance cameras are banned. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Medieval Hare's national animal is the Penguin, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

The Medieval Hare is ranked 308,536^th in the world and 1^st in Russland for Highest Average Incomes, with 14,902.47 Standard Monetary Units.