The State of McGill is a gargantuan, safe nation, notable for its irreverence towards religion and restrictive gun laws. The hard-nosed population of 11.719 billion McGillians 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, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Capital Heights. The average income tax rate is 34.4%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The large but inefficient McGillian economy, worth 403 trillion betales a year, is led by the Beef-Based Agriculture industry, with major contributions from Basket Weaving, Trout Farming, and Automobile Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 34,472 betales, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The nation is ravaged by daily union strikes, military spending recently hit a new high, all major public areas are watched by police surveillance cameras, and McGill has designated Capital Heights as its capital city. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. McGill's national animal is the deer.

McGill is ranked 119,764^th in the world and 80^th in Ancient Lands for Lowest Crime Rates, with 63.73 law-abiding acts per hour.