The State of Malcolmville is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by the Governor with a fair hand, and renowned for its compulsory military service. The hard-working, democratic population of 31.374 billion Malcolmvilleans enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Law & Order, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Capital Heights. The average income tax rate is 19.8%.

The Malcolmvillean economy, worth 878 trillion betales a year, is quite specialized and led by the Uranium Mining industry, with major contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Book Publishing. Average income is 27,999 betales, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.5 times as much as the poorest.

The government is reining in public spending, the latest Harry Potter book is a bestseller, Malcolmville has designated Capital Heights as its capital city, and The Governor has just been declared ruler of Malcolmville in an international press conference. Crime is moderate. Malcolmville's national animal is the deer, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Malcolmville is ranked 116,245^th in the world and 4^th in Lesotho for Most Primitive, scoring -31.62 on the Scary Big Number Scale.