The Seductive Realms of Melancoly is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by The Artisan Of Melancholy with a fair hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, smutty television, and avant-garde cinema. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 2.992 billion Melancholics hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The relatively small, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Education, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Saudade. The average income tax rate is 7.2%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Melancolyian economy, worth 754 trillion Spleens a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Retail, and Book Publishing. Average income is an amazing 252,241 Spleens, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government is lending a hand to private industry, solid-gold toilets are Melancolyian prisons' least expensive furnishings, ranchers are adept at mimicking wolf attacks, and all streets are privately owned toll roads. Crime is totally unknown. Melancoly's national animal is the Melancholic Seahorse, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is the little spark inside your soul.

Melancoly is ranked 4,421^st in the world and 3^rd in LGBT Nations for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 11,025.61 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.