The Empire of Madridisti is a large, safe nation, notable for its public floggings, frequent executions, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 86 million Madridists are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The tiny government juggles the competing demands of Education, Law & Order, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 9.4%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Madridistian economy, worth 5.25 trillion Madridisti Pounds a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Gambling, and Book Publishing. Average income is 61,091 Madridisti Pounds, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.

Contestants on Madridisti's Got Talent are screened by the government to make sure that they actually have talent, the weather in Madridisti City is always 'pigeons with a chance of droppings', summer science camps are regularly raided by narcotics police, and millions of devastated 7-year-olds are denied astronaut and ballerina training. Crime, especially youth-related, is almost non-existent, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Madridisti's national animal is the Cristiano Ronaldo.

Madridisti is ranked 25,799^th in the world and 196^th in Europeia for Safest, scoring 110.89 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.