The Keita Empire of Songhai Mali is a titanic, cultured nation, ruled by Mansa Musa Keita XVI with an iron fist, and remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, public floggings, and zero percent divorce rate. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 12.058 billion Malians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Bamako. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 59.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Malian economy, worth a remarkable 2,418 trillion Malian Dinars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Retail, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an amazing 200,562 Malian Dinars, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,034,780 per year while the poor average 21,176, a ratio of 48.9 to 1.

The average video game can be completed over lunch break, cows stare longingly at the greener grass on the other side of the fence, invasive drug testing is now performed at elementary school sports days, and paralegals spend all day Hewlett-Packing attorneys' law briefs. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Songhai Mali's national animal is the Vulture, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Yellowism.

Songhai Mali is ranked 196,450^th in the world and 83^rd in Aceon for Highest Poor Incomes, with 21,176.07 Standard Monetary Units.