The Federal Republic of Maharanidesh is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its sprawling nuclear power plants, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful, devout population of 4.407 billion Ranidescans 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 Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Sherkapanja. The average income tax rate is 97.9%.

The frighteningly efficient Ranidesque economy, worth 800 trillion rupees 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 significant contributions from Information Technology and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 181,746 rupees, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Military officials are questioning the policy of ceding the nation's territory in exchange for promises not to invade it, banning party poppers has been a real party pooper, politicians "baring all" for the camera isn't always a figure of speech, and no one cares when it's your birthday. Crime is totally unknown. Maharanidesh's national animal is the collared dove, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Maharanidesh is ranked 1,219^th in the world and 25^th in the West Pacific for Nicest Citizens, with 88.52 average smiles per day.