The Grand Duchy of 46566 is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by Lamont Cranston with an even hand, and remarkable for its national health service, sprawling nuclear power plants, and strictly enforced bedtime. The hard-nosed, humorless, devout population of 43.843 billion Midgaris 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 tiny, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Alexandra. Income tax is unheard of.

The frighteningly efficient Midgari economy, worth an astonishing 24,046 trillion Ducats a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is a breathtaking 548,475 Ducats, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.5 times as much as the poorest.

High school band practice is often crashed by technicolor-clad ravers, it's said that Lamont Cranston can turn every pleasure into a chore, droves of former desperados are applying to join the border police, and the question "please would you...?" is usually laden with passive aggression. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. 46566's national animal is the Spiteful Crow, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is National Orthodoxy.

46566 is ranked 332,366^th in the world and 55^th in Mitteleuropa for Nicest Citizens, with 0.07 average smiles per day.