The Socialist Republic of Modelia is a mammoth, genial nation, notable for its ban on automobiles, soft-spoken computers, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 7.567 billion Modelians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The large, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Paragonia. The average income tax rate is 93.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Modelian economy, worth a remarkable 1,219 trillion Modelian sols a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Basket Weaving. Average income is an impressive 161,170 Modelian sols, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

A faint smell of body odour can be detected at several miles' distance from the National Science Park, conductors wield diamond-encrusted batons to fit in with their freshly gilded surroundings, if someone says there's plenty of living space in Modelia they're lyin', and elementary school children develop thousand-yard stares. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Modelia's national animal is the golden eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Modelia is ranked 302,536^th in the world and 493^rd in The Communist Bloc for Fattest Citizens, with 4.17 Obesity Rate.