The United Socialist States of Southern Makov Prian is a colossal, efficient nation, renowned for its keen interest in outer space, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 6.943 billion Makov Prianians 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, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 99.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Southern Makov Prianian economy, worth a remarkable 1,598 trillion Labour Notes 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 Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. Average income is an amazing 230,233 Labour Notes, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

No one is worried about government policies any more, the children of Southern Makov Prian are often remarked upon for their cheery attitude to extreme violence, the nation is wading into dangerous waters, and bad punctuation has come to a full stop. Crime is totally unknown. Southern Makov Prian's national animal is the Snow Leopard, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Southern Makov Prian is ranked 5,372^nd in the world and 5^th in Anarchy for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring 18,214.36 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.