The United States of Midlands is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by Leader with a fair hand, and remarkable for its flagrant waste-dumping, unlimited-speed roads, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, cheerful population of 46.665 billion Midlandsians live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.

The minute, corrupt, liberal, pro-business, outspoken government, or what there is of one, prioritizes Industry, although Defense, Education, and Administration are also considered important, while Environment and Social Policy receive no funds. Income tax is unheard of.

The frighteningly efficient Midlandsian economy, worth an astonishing 39,145 trillion sand dollars a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Information Technology, and Uranium Mining. Average income is a breathtaking 838,867 sand dollars, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 5,995,752 per year while the poor average 38,395, a ratio of 156 to 1.

College students make ends meet by selling their kidneys, nuclear submarines have been deployed to protect the nation's banana supply, the standard government reply to any query is "there is no spoon", and Midlands successfully hosted the NationStates Olympics. Crime is totally unknown. Midlands's national animal is the bear, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Midlands is ranked 291,085^th in the world and 841^st in NationStates for Most Beautiful Environments, with 0.34 pounds of wildlife per square mile.