The Cooperative State of Mel-akkam is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Pujari Adhineta with a fair hand, and notable for its daily referendums, state-planned economy, and restrictive gun laws. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 3.29 billion Mel-akkans are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The enormous, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Mohenjo-daro. The average income tax rate is 92.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Mel-akkan economy, worth 385 trillion bangles a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 117,232 bangles, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Family isn't who you're born with but who you abandon in foreign countries, future forecasters fearfully discuss grey goo and human obsolescence, school lessons are constantly interrupted by 'teacher needs a break' time, and televisions are often seized to pay for overdue television license fees. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Mel-akkam's national animal is the unicorn, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Mel-akkam is ranked 15,291^st in the world and 29^th in The Internationale for Lowest Crime Rates, with 93.9 law-abiding acts per hour.