The People's Republic of Malakverick is a very large, safe nation, notable for its state-planned economy, ubiquitous missile silos, and keen interest in outer space. The compassionate, democratic population of 369 million Malakverickians 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 medium-sized, liberal, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Welfare, and Education. The average income tax rate is 24.6%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Malakverickian economy, worth 13.2 trillion Shekels a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Trout Farming industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Information Technology, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is 35,656 Shekels, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Tabloids publicly shun nurses for not calling home on the weekends, people who tease dwarfs are being cut down to size, social media sites prompt users to send birthday greetings to unresponsive nonagenarians, and only lightning has a chance of striking Leader twice. Crime is totally unknown. Malakverick's national animal is the Black Panther, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Malakverick is ranked 181,347^th in the world and 1,015^th in the Outback for Most Developed, scoring 53.49 on the Human Development Index.