The Heavanly Empire of Maichuko is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Lord of all Maichukoans Toizu IV with an even hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, smutty television, and keen interest in outer space. The compassionate, devout population of 19.624 billion Maichukoans enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The enormous, corrupt, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Education, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Shangstu. The average income tax rate is 95.4%.

The frighteningly efficient Maichukoan economy, worth a remarkable 3,065 trillion Silver Duans a year, is dominated by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Information Technology, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 156,201 Silver Duans, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The acceptance of acupuncture and other alternative therapies has needled the scientific community, animal liberationists receive government funding to break into animal research labs, a five-year-old and a convicted terrorist can sit alongside one another in jury service, and incarcerated crime lords manage their empires from massage tables. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Maichuko's national animal is the Fluffy Sheep, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Woolooism.

Maichuko is ranked 10,645^th in the world and 1^st in The Empire of the Setting Moon for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 9,438.28 on the Gilded Widget Scale.