The United Phalansteries of Sainte-Melitine is a massive, socially progressive nation, notable for its compulsory military service, state-planned economy, and punitive income tax rates. The democratic, devout population of 2.451 billion Sainte-Melitineans enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The enormous, liberal, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Welfare, and Education. The average income tax rate is 67.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant Sainte-Melitinean economy, worth 38.9 trillion scrips 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 Cheese Exports industry, with major contributions from Retail, Woodchip Exports, and Book Publishing. Average income is 15,862 scrips, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Surveillance cameras are banned, organ donation rates are among the lowest in the region, and a well-funded social safety net protects the unfortunate. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Sainte-Melitine's national animal is the banded penguin, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Sainte-Melitine is ranked 307,644^th in the world and 5^th in Levilion for Highest Average Incomes, with 15,862.6 Standard Monetary Units.