The Federal Republic of Maluv is a huge, socially progressive nation, notable for its irreverence towards religion and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 367 million Maluvians love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 34.0%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Maluvian economy, worth 18.0 trillion Luvs a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Pizza Delivery, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 49,175 Luvs, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Minority children spend hours bussing to schools miles away from home, new urban roads are threatening city parks, for the sake of 'public interest' news programs tell viewers how to home-make Sarin gas bombs, and old dogs don't have to learn new tricks but they have to prove they haven't forgotten old ones. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Maluv's national animal is the Aurochs, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Maluv is ranked 121,315^th in the world and 3,342^nd in The North Pacific for Most Cultured, scoring 65 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.