The Rising Stars of New Matzeratia is a huge, socially progressive nation, notable for its state-planned economy, complete lack of prisons, and smutty television. The compassionate, democratic population of 628 million Matzeratians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Riverburg. The average income tax rate is 76.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Matzeratian economy, worth 60.6 trillion New Matzeratian Marks 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 led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism and Cheese Exports. Average income is 96,455 New Matzeratian Marks, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Travelers are subject to extensive searches if beet stains are visible on their clothing, ministers browse Alright! magazine for fashion tips, a faint smell of body odour can be detected at several miles' distance from the National Science Park, and rioting during the nation's hosting of ORDER caused one million New Matzeratian Marks of property damage. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. New Matzeratia's national animal is the swan, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

New Matzeratia is ranked 219,998^th in the world and 4,884^th in The North Pacific for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -5.35 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.