The Holy Empire of Makbukadesh is a small, orderly nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service, state-planned economy, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 40 million Makbukadeshians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Defense, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 52.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Makbukadeshian economy, worth 1.29 trillion Maka pakas a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Trout Farming, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is 32,175 Maka pakas, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The tenet of free speech is held dear, military spending recently hit a new high, international collectors know that a grease-stain on a work of art probably means it's passed through Makbukadesh, and Harry Potter books are banned. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Makbukadesh's national animal is the Naked mole rat.

Makbukadesh is ranked 288,179^th in the world and 37^th in RGBN for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -8.12 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.