The United Socialist States of Masiona is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by 5r32c with an even hand, and remarkable for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, devotion to social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 1.772 billion Masionans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Vellion. The average income tax rate is 90.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Masionan economy, worth 214 trillion danks a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Book Publishing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is an impressive 121,196 danks, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The nation grinds to a halt on the anniversary of every marginally noteworthy event, crowds of flag-burning protesters tend to accidentally become crowds of burning protesters, the nationalistic national anthem inspires citizens to literally spit at foreigners, and parents seeking custody have to write a five-thousand word analysis of their child's imaginary friend. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Masiona's national animal is the white whale, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Masiona is ranked 252,312^th in the world and 184^th in The Region That Has No Big Banks for Most Conservative, scoring 38.92 on the Bush-Santorum Dawning Terror Index.