The Coping Mechanism of Mediocre Talents is a colossal, safe nation, ruled by App A Thetik with an even hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, and aversion to nipples. The compassionate, democratic population of 9.902 billion Mediocrites enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Languorous Daydream. The average income tax rate is 69.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Mediocre Talentsian economy, worth a remarkable 1,450 trillion Toothpicks a year, is highly specialized and mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing and Tourism. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 146,484 Toothpicks, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Crossword puzzles have been co-opted as a symbol of racial discrimination, the nation locks people up and tells them they're mad for compassion's sake, a suspicious number of John Smiths are known to donate to Mediocre Talentsian politicians, and the government's economic policy is "sort it yourself". Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Mediocre Talents's national animal is the Talentless Goose, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Existential Crisis.

Mediocre Talents is ranked 2,461^st in the world and 39^th in the West Pacific for Most Secular, with 99.08 Atheism Rate.