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The Gleaming Metropolis of Matenrou is a mammoth, socially progressive nation, ruled by Jakurai Jinguji with an even hand, and notable for its daily referendums, national health service, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 6.788 billion Matenrouans have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Welfare, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Shinjuku. The average income tax rate is 51.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but inefficient Matenrouian economy, worth 245 trillion Hypnosis Microphones a year, is quite specialized and led by the Door-to-door Insurance Sales industry, with major contributions from Trout Farming, Information Technology, and Pizza Delivery. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 36,166 Hypnosis Microphones, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

Kindergartners' favourite dance move is the stop-drop-and-roll, the jails are alive with the sound of birdsong, former pharmaceutical company owners have lost their healthy incomes, and traumatised refugees have a full bedpan shoved into their hands along with their immigration papers. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Matenrou's national animal is the Okami, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Medication.

Matenrou is ranked 185,280^th in the world and 7^th in Beating Brian Up Gang for Most Developed, scoring 53.21 on the Human Development Index.