The People's Republic of Mlac is a tiny, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its burgeoning Wombat population. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 9 million Mlacians are proud of their wide-ranging civil freedoms, and those who aren't tend to be dragged off the streets by men in dark suits and hustled into cars with tinted windows.

The tiny, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 8.0%.

The Mlacian economy, worth 506 billion Dollars a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Pizza Delivery, and Gambling. Average income is 56,330 Dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.2 times as much as the poorest.

The latest Harry Potter book is a bestseller, producers insist that movie stars wear crash helmets in every scene, schoolboys trained in chivalry are encouraged to duel other boys for a maiden's hand, and education and welfare spending are on the rise. Crime is relatively low. Mlac's national animal is the Wombat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Mlac is ranked 93,852^nd in the world and 9^th in A Short Walk to Utopia for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 2,275.77 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.