The 1st Empire of Magupta is a massive, cultured nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, frequent executions, and avowedly heterosexual populace. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 1.578 billion Maguptans are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The relatively small, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Welfare, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Delhi. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 13.3%.

The strong Maguptan economy, worth 82.3 trillion Maguptan Dirhlas a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Uranium Mining industry, with major contributions from Woodchip Exports, Furniture Restoration, and Trout Farming. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 52,150 Maguptan Dirhlas, with the richest citizens earning 9.3 times as much as the poorest.

A generation of children conceived in hell and born in strife is growing up inside government-run care villages, emergency vehicles have built-in nudge bars to give uncooperative drivers a "gentle" push, local mafias have a tough time disposing of dead snitches without catching the attention of recycling authorities, and political activists are routinely executed. Crime is moderate, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Magupta's national animal is the Maguptan Tiger, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Magupta is ranked 161,750^th in the world and 27^th in THE SUPER POWERS for Most Developed, scoring 54.76 on the Human Development Index.