The State of Mahur is a gargantuan, efficient nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, compulsory military service, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 30.041 billion Mahurians are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

The tiny, pro-business, well-organized government is effectively ruled by the Department of Law & Order, although Industry, Education, and Defense are also considered important, while Welfare and Spirituality receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Capital Heights. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 7.2%.

The very strong Mahurian economy, worth a remarkable 1,305 trillion betales a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is quite specialized and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Woodchip Exports, Retail, and Uranium Mining. Average income is 43,472 betales, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 295,557 per year while the poor average 2,335, a ratio of 126 to 1.

The government is avowedly atheist, a large-scale revitalization of the education system is underway, the streets are increasingly clogged with poverty-stricken beggars, and Mahur has designated Capital Heights as its capital city. Crime is a problem. Mahur's national animal is the deer, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Mahur is ranked 6,481^st in the world and 1^st in Mahur for Largest Populations, with 30.0 billion capita.