The Rising Stars of New Matzeratia is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its soft-spoken computers, daily referendums, and pith helmet sales. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 2.222 billion Matzeratians 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, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Riverburg. The average income tax rate is 95.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Matzeratian economy, worth 350 trillion Matzeratian Marks a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 157,545 Matzeratian Marks, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Ministers browse Alright! magazine for fashion tips, mechanics are often exhausted by their work, cosmopolitan citizens ask what their countries can do for them, and artists are renowned for their ability to make art pieces out of thin air. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. New Matzeratia's national animal is the Swan, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Atheism.

New Matzeratia is ranked 5,849^th in the world and 216^th in The North Pacific for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 13,835.79 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.