The State of Maki is a gargantuan, efficient nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service, irreverence towards religion, and suspicion of poets. The hard-working, democratic population of 13.851 billion Makians are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The tiny, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Defense. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 6.5%.

The very strong Makian economy, worth 974 trillion betales a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Gambling industry, with major contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Book Publishing, and Automobile Manufacturing. Average income is 70,385 betales, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 270,618 per year while the poor average 12,606, a ratio of 21.5 to 1.

The latest Harry Potter book is a bestseller, employers may fire workers without giving any reason, and signatures have been replaced with illegible scribbles. Crime is moderate, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Maki's national animal is the deer, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Maki is ranked 23,328^th in the world and 1^st in Brisbane for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 65,810.02 Standard Monetary Units.