The Royaume of Michellae is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Henry XII with an iron fist, and remarkable for its parental licensing program, enslaved workforce, and pith helmet sales. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 18.186 billion Michellaens are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Spirituality, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Versailles. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 26.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Michellaen economy, worth a remarkable 2,470 trillion Livres a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Woodchip Exports, Retail, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is extensive. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 135,827 Livres, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 786,061 per year while the poor average 11,172, a ratio of 70.4 to 1.

Charity distribution sites are regularly raided by the police, musicians are often arrested for saying "oh my God", retirees make up the bulk of foreign students, and citizens are constantly disappointed to find their nuisance neighbours are still alive. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Michellae's national animal is the Coq Gaulois, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Roman Catholicism.

Michellae is ranked 70,292^nd in the world and 10^th in CISB Reforged for Most Patriotic, with 23.69 flags saluted per person per day.