The Empire of Maythorn is a huge, genial nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, compulsory military service, and state-planned economy. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 792 million Maythornians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Welfare, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 33.0%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Maythornian economy, worth 40.6 trillion maythorn coins a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is broadly diversified, is led by the Uranium Mining industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Automobile Manufacturing, and Basket Weaving. Average income is 51,279 maythorn coins, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

Reflection is vital for badly behaved politicians, the government is paving paradises to put up parking lots, the country's famous rainforests are being bulldozed by the mining industry, and incompetent former soldiers have been re-employed as incompetent cleaners and kitchen staff. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Maythorn's national animal is the maythorn buck, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Maythorn is ranked 274,671^st in the world and 1^st in The Room Where it Happened for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring -8.43 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.