The Community of Maskelyne is a colossal, orderly nation, ruled by Aki with an iron fist, and notable for its soft-spoken computers, rampant corporate plagiarism, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, cynical, cheerful population of 5.622 billion Maskelynans are ruled with an iron fist by the socialist government, which grants its people the freedom to do whatever they like so long as it doesn't involve getting richer than anybody else or challenging the government.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, liberal, socially-minded morass — juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Floria. The average income tax rate is 95.0%.

The powerhouse Maskelynan economy, worth 522 trillion Lire a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry. Average income is 92,902 Lire, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Harry Potter conventions are closely watched by the government for any signs of 'dueling', annulments are on the rise as couples discover their ancestors were born in the same hospitals, the derisively named "Morlocks of Moria" futilely demand time in the sun, and all you have to do is pray to get into Maskelyne. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Maskelyne's national animal is the Swan, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Maskelyne is ranked 283,404^th in the world and 1,189^th in The Communist Bloc for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, scoring -12.81 on the Henry Ford Productivity Index.