The State of MacIdol is a gargantuan, safe nation, renowned for its suspicion of poets. The democratic population of 35.615 billion MacIdolians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Central Heights. The average income tax rate is 49.9%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The large but inefficient MacIdolian economy, worth 885 trillion betales a year, is quite specialized and led by the Pizza Delivery industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining and Trout Farming. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 24,851 betales, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

A government program is underway to revitalize MacIdol's beaches, the wren is a protected species, the MacIdol Automotive Racing Series draws millions of spectators annually while those near the tracks complain about the noise, and MacIdol has designated Central Heights as its capital city. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. MacIdol's national animal is the deer.

MacIdol is ranked 253,466^th in the world and 1^st in Cook Islands for Most Cultured, scoring 62 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.