The State of Madeira Wood is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by the Governor with a fair hand, and renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 24.847 billion Madeira Woodians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The relatively small, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Capital Heights. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 9.3%.

The very strong Madeira Woodian economy, worth a remarkable 1,101 trillion betales a year, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Gambling, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Pizza Delivery. Average income is 44,332 betales, with the richest citizens earning 6.8 times as much as the poorest.

A large-scale revitalization of the education system is underway, all tariffs have been abolished, Madeira Wood has designated Capital Heights as its capital city, and The Governor has just been declared ruler of Madeira Wood in an international press conference. Crime is a problem, probably because of the absence of a police force. Madeira Wood's national animal is the deer, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Madeira Wood is ranked 177,234^th in the world and 8^th in Dushanbe for Most Primitive, scoring -68.92 on the Scary Big Number Scale.