The Seven United Counties of Madigon is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Lee Durr with a fair hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, pith helmet sales, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 1.724 billion Madigans 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 large government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Chilhammer. The average income tax rate is 72.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Madigan economy, worth 189 trillion Eurogons a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Basket Weaving, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 109,953 Eurogons, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

The dessert 'Death by Chocolate' isn't the most lethal dish on the menu, any body part that can be cut off a person is no longer considered to be their property, children gain their first sex education from reading the dictionary, and Brasilistan has been announced as the nation's newest colony. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Madigon's national animal is the Ruddy Duck, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Christianity.

Madigon is ranked 211,178^th in the world and 291^st in United Kingdom for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, scoring -4 on the Henry Ford Productivity Index.