The Democratic Republic of Melamesha is a small, genial nation, remarkable for its ban on automobiles, sprawling nuclear power plants, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, hard-working population of 36 million Melameshans enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The medium-sized, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Law & Order, and Education. The average income tax rate is 38.0%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Melameshan economy, worth 2.31 trillion Melamesha National Rupees a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Door-to-door Insurance Sales, Book Publishing, and Uranium Mining. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 64,083 Melamesha National Rupees, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.

Occam's razor has sliced to pieces any childhood belief in Santa Claus and the Tooth Fairy, marijuana is legal in the privacy of your own home, Melameshan companies generally just fire employees in lieu of giving them vacation, and economists speak of trusting in the Tao of Free Market Capitalism. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Melamesha's national animal is the Tiger, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Melamesha is ranked 88,749^th in the world and 44^th in UEPU Federal Republic for Most Developed, scoring 64.46 on the Human Development Index.