The Empire of Makhaza is a tiny, orderly nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, compulsory military service, and absence of drug laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 12 million Makhazans enjoy great individual freedoms in everything except elections, which, where they exist at all, are populist shams for a dictatorship government that has no intention of ever giving up power.

The tiny, pro-business, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, with Spirituality, Law & Order, and Healthcare also on the agenda, while International Aid and Environment receive no funds. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 6.8%.

The thriving Makhazan economy, worth 737 billion Makas a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Uranium Mining industry, with major contributions from Door-to-door Insurance Sales, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Tourism. Average income is 61,418 Makas, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 217,401 per year while the poor average 12,528, a ratio of 17.4 to 1.

Crime is a problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Makhaza's national animal is the Midgard serpent, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Makhaza is ranked 125,485^th in the world and 595^th in the Outback for Most Developed, scoring 57.86 on the Human Development Index.