The Democratic Republic of Mapico is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Leafy with an even hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, pith helmet sales, and smutty television. The compassionate population of 10.038 billion Mapicoans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Rain. The average income tax rate is 93.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Mapicoan economy, worth a remarkable 1,822 trillion Maps a year, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 181,530 Maps, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Criminals are put to death while cuddling their favourite teddy bear, country folk are sent to obligatory boarding schools to learn how to be civilized, umbrellas are back in fashion, and road signs are getting harder to read under layers of knitted woolen cardigans. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Mapico's national animal is the Tiger, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Mapico is ranked 12,444^th in the world and 355^th in the South Pacific for Nicest Citizens, with 29.36 average smiles per day.