The Republic of Maz-1 is a gargantuan, efficient nation, remarkable for its zero percent divorce rate, pith helmet sales, and suspicion of poets. The compassionate, hard-working, devout population of 16.324 billion Maz-1ians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Administration, and Healthcare. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 35.6%.

The very strong Maz-1ian economy, worth a remarkable 1,028 trillion $$s a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Furniture Restoration industry, with major contributions from Woodchip Exports, Cheese Exports, and Automobile Manufacturing. Average income is 63,003 $$s, with the richest citizens earning 8.2 times as much as the poorest.

Military pilots spend more time scraping feathers off their engines than flying their aircraft, war memorials have been modified to include hammocks for napping, the nation's hospitals are criticized for caring more about profits than patients, and graffiti artists spend lengthy periods of time in jail. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Maz-1's national animal is the Death's-head Hawkmoth, which can occasionally be seen dodging aircraft in the nation's cities.

Maz-1 is ranked 67,950^th in the world and 1^st in Mazatlan for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, scoring 3,515.79 on the Henry Ford Productivity Index.