The United Republics of Metanshuthis is a massive, orderly nation, ruled by Phermilius Augustus Premia III with an iron fist, and notable for its state-planned economy, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 1.241 billion Metanshuthists are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The large, moralistic, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Welfare, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Erdilia Nova. The average income tax rate is 59.9%.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Metanshuth economy, worth 42.0 trillion guilders 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, Soda Sales, Trout Farming, and Woodchip Exports. 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 33,866 guilders, with the richest citizens earning 5.1 times as much as the poorest.

The government regularly reassures citizens that there are no monsters under their beds, teams of painters are converting road signs from horse lengths to kilometers, a speech a day keeps climate change away, and spoiler warnings are now given out before political speeches. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Metanshuthis's national animal is the horse, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities, and its national religion is Roman Catholicism.

Metanshuthis is ranked 267,475^th in the world and 60^th in India for Most Secular, with 12.03 Atheism Rate.