The State of Mesares is a gargantuan, safe nation, remarkable for its state-planned economy, irreverence towards religion, and punitive income tax rates. The cynical population of 12.488 billion Mesaresians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Westminster. The average income tax rate is 53.2%.

The large but underdeveloped Mesaresian economy, worth 296 trillion betales 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 black market in Retail, Trout Farming, Gambling, and Basket Weaving. 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 23,778 betales, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.0 times as much as the poorest.

Organ donation is compulsory, it is illegal to make racist remarks in public, the nation has nearly as many history museums as Mesaresians, and Mesares has designated Westminster as its capital city. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Mesares's national animal is the deer.

Mesares is ranked 131,251^st in the world and 3^rd in The Northern Pacific for Lowest Crime Rates, with 62.62 law-abiding acts per hour.