The Republic of Maxla is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Ivan Korcok with an even hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, barren, inhospitable landscape, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, devout population of 2.367 billion Maxlans have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Industry, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Koice. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 9.4%.

The thriving Maxlan economy, worth 165 trillion Maxlan Liefs a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Beef-Based Agriculture industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Gambling, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 70,093 Maxlan Liefs, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 204,660 per year while the poor average 18,961, a ratio of 10.8 to 1.

The national guard is mobilized whenever a mother gets separated from her child at the mall, same-sex marriages are increasingly common, the television adaptation of Jennifer Government is the most popular program in the nation, and the new 'Things We Stole From Other Countries' exhibition at the National Museum of Antiquities is a hit. Crime, especially youth-related, is almost non-existent, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Maxla's national animal is the Bernese Mountain Dog, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities, and its national religion is Atheist.

Maxla is ranked 227,318^th in the world and 1,197^th in Europe for Most Beautiful Environments, with 419.75 pounds of wildlife per square mile.