The Free Land of Maelstrom Republic is a mammoth, socially progressive nation, ruled by First Comrade with an even hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, ban on automobiles, and anti-smoking policies. The compassionate population of 8.482 billion Maelstromians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Feuerspitze. The average income tax rate is 85.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The thriving maelstromian economy, worth 799 trillion Credits a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Retail. Average income is 94,249 Credits, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

No personal detail is too tiny for the suede-denim census police, purported secret military bases are dismissed by First Comrade to be highly-advanced toilet factories, the government decides its policies by observing the flight of birds, and Maelstromian diplomacy is by the book. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Maelstrom Republic's national animal is the Dove, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Maelstrom Republic is ranked 90,221^st in the world and 30^th in The Social Liberal Union for Largest Populations, with 8.48 billion capita.