The Free Land of Mel Nation 001 is a huge, efficient nation, renowned for its ban on automobiles, ubiquitous missile silos, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, devout population of 402 million Mels 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 medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Defense, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Greenhouse Centre of Origin. The average income tax rate is 26.1%.

The thriving Melite-like economy, worth 34.3 trillion Obliquitieses a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Gambling, Information Technology, and Basket Weaving. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 85,322 Obliquitieses, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.7 times as much as the poorest.

Five-year-olds chanting "Little Miss Muffet" are accused of bullying arachnophobes, tourists from around the world come to visit the country's famous rainforests, light entertainment isn't dead, and drug lords often avoid prison time by teaching "chemistry" classes to underprivileged youth. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Mel Nation 001's national animal is the Tiger, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Mel Nation 001 is ranked 68,545^th in the world and 76^th in Eurth for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 2,814.76 on the Gilded Widget Scale.