The Democratic Republic of Mallyna is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Marcus Blackwood with a fair hand, and notable for its national health service, keen interest in outer space, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic population of 3.041 billion Mallynans are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The enormous, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Velina. The average income tax rate is 92.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Mallynan economy, worth 333 trillion Euros a year, is highly specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 109,747 Euros, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

One tree's worth of paperwork accompanies each imported log of timber, serial commas clarify the relationship between one's lackeys, the taxpayers, and kinsfolk, armed security details escort librarians to their homes, and every diamond ring sold is accompanied by a twenty-five page analysis and a waiver. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Mallyna's national animal is the Whale, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Mallyna is ranked 12,292^nd in the world and 284^th in The North Pacific for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 8,930.78 on the Gilded Widget Scale.