The Union of Maligard is a mammoth, genial nation, ruled by Richard Janos with an even hand, and renowned for its frequent executions, public floggings, and absence of drug laws. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful, devout population of 9.463 billion Maligardians enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The medium-sized, corrupt, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of New Alexandria. The average income tax rate is 85.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Maligardian economy, worth a remarkable 2,008 trillion Crypsars a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Retail. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an amazing 212,263 Crypsars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Aggravated apostrophe abusers are admonished and assaulted, airplane passengers who purchase "basic economy" tickets are often assigned seats in the lavatory, economists confusingly list "fusarium rot and leaf blight" as major risk factors for monetary deflation, and businesses are forced to bring all work back within the nation's borders. Crime is totally unknown. Maligard's national animal is the Phoenix, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Nordic Pantheon.

Maligard is ranked 321,338^th in the world and 17,454^th in Balder for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -12.07 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.