The Technocracy of The Mechanos is a colossal, cultured nation, notable for its rum-swilling pirates, multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, and avowedly heterosexual populace. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 8.916 billion Mechanosians 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 relatively small, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Education, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Vaul. The average income tax rate is 7.7%.

The frighteningly efficient Mechanosian economy, worth a remarkable 1,656 trillion Cogs a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Retail, and Book Publishing. Black market activity is notable. Average income is an impressive 185,780 Cogs, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.1 times as much as the poorest.

Ice-filled coffins are ominously positioned in the corner of every hospital ward, people say that cubists are rubbish because they can't draw faces, families waiting for delayed pipe installations hope daily for rain, and protestors are soaking piles of Cogs in blood to make a point about government incomes. Crime, especially youth-related, is pervasive, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. The Mechanos's national animal is the Mechanical Spirit, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

The Mechanos is ranked 6,478^th in the world and 4^th in Astral Sea for Largest Basket Weaving Sector, scoring 7,894.62 on the Hickory Productivity Index.