The United Kingdom of Mattielandia is a colossal, genial nation, ruled by Mattie the Dog with an even hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, soft-spoken computers, and smutty television. The compassionate, cheerful population of 7.749 billion Mattielandians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The enormous, liberal, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Grey City. The average income tax rate is 97.0%.

The frighteningly efficient Mattielandian economy, worth a remarkable 1,263 trillion Doodles a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing and Tourism. Average income is an impressive 163,069 Doodles, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

East Lebatuckese astronauts' favorite game during downtime on the Multinational Space Station is 'I Spy', military strategists are questioning the wisdom of subsidizing the economies of sworn enemies, people boast about their low income on their dating profiles, and the art of conversation has been rediscovered. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Mattielandia's national animal is the Greyhound, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Mattielandia is ranked 2,372^nd in the world and 4^th in Karma for Highest Foreign Aid Spending, scoring 3,846.53 on the Clooney Contribution Index.