The United States of Mazinoa is a large, cultured nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service and irreverence towards religion. The hard-working population of 94 million Mazinoans 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 relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Law & Order, and Education. The average income tax rate is 15.3%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The strong Mazinoan economy, worth 5.77 trillion Mezas a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Retail, and Woodchip Exports. Average income is 61,349 Mezas, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

Frequent broken zippers have resulted in safety pins making a fashion comeback, RPG fans reminisce fondly about when people thought they were evil and dangerous rather than geeky and socially inept, Jack Russells have proven to be terrible spies, and bins outnumber trees in city parks. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Mazinoa's national animal is the Penguin, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Mazinoa is ranked 75,206^th in the world and 13^th in New Chesapeake for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 103.2 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.