The Cooperative State of Mel-akkam is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Pujari Adhineta with a fair hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, free-roaming dinosaurs, and state-planned economy. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 3.351 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, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Mohenjo-daro. The average income tax rate is 92.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Mel-akkan economy, worth 392 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 117,082 bangles, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Obstetricians are not allowed to publish ultrasound pictures of fetuses in medical journals, organised sports are frowned upon as frivolous, artists from across the nation compete to renovate the restrooms of old government buildings, and drills and shovels have been banned as the government cracks down on any means of fracking. 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 24,472^nd in the world and 23^rd in The Internationale for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring 7,808.74 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.