The Seven United Counties of Madigon is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Lee Durr with a fair hand, and notable for its infamous sell-swords, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 1.748 billion Madigans enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Chilhammer. The average income tax rate is 72.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Madigan economy, worth 192 trillion Eurogons a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Basket Weaving, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 110,030 Eurogons, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

Children gain their first sex education from reading the dictionary, Brasilistan has been announced as the nation's newest colony, citizens wishing to be parents must undertake a series of gruelling tests to evaluate their capabilities, and drunk drivers are sent to rehabilitation paid for by the government. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Madigon's national animal is the Ruddy Duck, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Christianity.

Madigon is ranked 33,385^th in the world and 67^th in United Kingdom for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 5,308.23 on the Gilded Widget Scale.