The Civilisation Game of Mastodonia is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by Shepard Blaine with an even hand, and notable for its free-roaming dinosaurs, national health service, and hatred of cheese. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 12.289 billion Mastodonians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The enormous, liberal, socially-minded government prioritizes Education, with Administration, Environment, and Healthcare also on the agenda, while Defense and Spirituality aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The City. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Mastodonian economy, worth a remarkable 2,782 trillion Postagestamps a year, is highly specialized and mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing and Tourism. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 226,436 Postagestamps, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

It's illegal to be caught on tape, a suspicious number of male students have joined the Ladies' Wrestling League, teenage male videogamers often suffer repetitive strain wrist injuries, and the nationalized auto industry is adept at making durable little cars nobody wants to drive. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Mastodonia's national animal is the mastodon, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Project Pope.

Mastodonia is ranked 290,991^st in the world and 862^nd in 10000 Islands for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring -39.21 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.