The Empire of Michigander is a massive, socially progressive nation, ruled by National Elected-Emperor Jake with a fair hand, and notable for its sprawling nuclear power plants, anti-smoking policies, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic population of 2.342 billion Michiganderians love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Michigander City. The average income tax rate is 82.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Michiganderian economy, worth 434 trillion Dollaridoos a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is broadly diversified, is dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Uranium Mining. Average income is an impressive 185,719 Dollaridoos, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The nation's atlases tend to go out of date every few weeks, foreign governments are looking into weaponizing the infamous Michiganderian bee, a video of National Elected-Emperor Jake wearing shock-blue face paint and smashing an electric guitar in front of a frenzied crowd is on endless repeat on the nightly news, and Maxtopian tourists make expensive pilgrimages to Michigander City to enjoy their national art. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Michigander's national animal is the Northern Mockingbird, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Michigander is ranked 177,813^th in the world and 3,918^th in The North Pacific for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 56.74 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.