The Sultanate of Mashre is a mid-sized, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its state-planned economy, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 50 million Mashreans are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The enormous, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 64.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but sluggish Mashrean economy, worth 1.28 trillion rubles a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Pizza Delivery industry, with significant contributions from Door-to-door Insurance Sales, Uranium Mining, and Cheese Exports. Average income is 25,672 rubles, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Mashre's national animal is the kiwi, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Mashre is ranked 310,422^nd in the world and 6^th in Jotunheimr for Largest Populations, with 50.0 million capita.