The Automated Systems' Union of Midterra is a mammoth, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Union's Popular Committee with an even hand, and notable for its state-planned economy, rampant corporate plagiarism, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, cheerful population of 9.034 billion esperids 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 Administration, Education, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Magna Roma. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient esperidian economy, worth a remarkable 2,659 trillion e-Sprils a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is extremely specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing. Average income is an amazing 294,412 e-Sprils, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government loves seeing the little people fight, bins outnumber trees in city parks, parents must choose their children's names from a government-mandated master list, and citizens are strongly encouraged to breathe less so as to limit the carbon footprint. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Midterra's national animal is the striped wolf, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Midterra is ranked 241^st in the world and 4^th in The Leftist Assembly for Most Compassionate Citizens, scoring 215.54 on the Kitten Softness Rating.