The 1st Empire of Magupta is a massive, orderly nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, avowedly heterosexual populace, and frequent executions. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 1.648 billion Maguptans are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The relatively small, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Welfare, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Delhi. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 13.3%.

The strong Maguptan economy, worth 85.9 trillion Maguptan Dirhlas a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Uranium Mining industry, with major contributions from Woodchip Exports, Furniture Restoration, and Trout Farming. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 52,150 Maguptan Dirhlas, with the richest citizens earning 9.3 times as much as the poorest.

A generation of children conceived in hell and born in strife is growing up inside government-run care villages, emergency vehicles have built-in nudge bars to give uncooperative drivers a "gentle" push, local mafias have a tough time disposing of dead snitches without catching the attention of recycling authorities, and political activists are routinely executed. Crime is moderate, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Magupta's national animal is the Maguptan Tiger, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Magupta is ranked 259,116^th in the world and 31^st in THE SUPER POWERS for Largest Manufacturing Sector, scoring 3,338.62 on the Gooback-Jerbs Productivity Index.