The Holy Empire of Maelunia is a very large, orderly nation, renowned for its museums and concert halls, digital currency, and pith helmet sales. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 479 million Maelunians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Spirituality, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Ainu. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 26.2%.

The strong Maelunian economy, worth 35.3 trillion Species 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 Information Technology, Tourism, and Book Publishing. Average income is 73,619 Species, with the richest citizens earning 8.9 times as much as the poorest.

Bin lorries have replaced birds as the source of the dawn chorus, contestants on Maelunia's Got Talent are screened by the government to make sure that they actually have talent, historical commemorations regularly devolve into militaristic jingoism, and immigrants are told to pull themselves up by their worn-out budget bootstraps. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Maelunia's national animal is the Bee, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Maelunia is ranked 266,669^th in the world and 16^th in Kaiserverse for Largest Welfare Programs, scoring 463.29 on the Safety Net Mesh Density Rating.