The People's Ambient Technocracy of Mathematania is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Calculo Calculi with an even hand, and renowned for its state-planned economy, national health service, and daily referendums. The compassionate, cheerful population of 42.315 billion Mathematanians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, liberal, socially-minded morass — juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Mathematania City. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Mathematanian economy, worth a remarkable 8,742 trillion cpus a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is mostly made up of the Book Publishing industry. Average income is an amazing 206,616 cpus, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The Mathematanian Intelligence Agency relies on internet search engines to know what is happening overseas, Mathematania City University is said to be the modern-day Tower of Babel, Max Barry is this year's Miss Mathematania, and the comic book series 'Calculo Calculi and the Villainous Corporate Cronies' is a best-seller. Crime is totally unknown. Mathematania's national animal is the rainbow horned toad, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is aspirituality.

Mathematania is ranked 189,969^th in the world and 605^th in the West Pacific for Largest Black Market, with 577 billion Standard Monetary Units.