The Incorporated States of Melaeana is a huge, efficient nation, renowned for its keen interest in outer space, ubiquitous missile silos, and daily referendums. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, devout population of 423 million Melaeanans are effectively ruled by a group of massive corporations, who run for political office and provide their well-off citizens with world-class goods and services. Their poorer citizens, however, are mostly starving to death while being urged to go out and get real jobs. The populace has reasonably extensive civil rights, although these are mostly aimed at allowing them to buy whatever they like.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Defense, and Law & Order. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 16.8%.

The thriving Melaeanan economy, worth 27.5 trillion vaets a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Retail, Information Technology, and Woodchip Exports. Average income is 65,073 vaets, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 210,690 per year while the poor average 15,175, a ratio of 13.9 to 1.

Construction workers evacuate work sites after finding sharp rocks on the ground, gigantic new prisons are springing up all over the nation, visiting dignitaries make excuses to leave functions early and head to the nearest pub, and increasing numbers of children in Melaeana have different eye and hair color to their supposed fathers. Crime, especially youth-related, is well under control, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Melaeana's national animal is the spirit dragon, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Melaeana is ranked 138,356^th in the world and 22^nd in Sky Haven for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, scoring 1,103.45 on the Henry Ford Productivity Index.