The United Computer States of Macworld is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by Nancy Barba with a fair hand, and notable for its keen interest in outer space, multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, and unlimited-speed roads. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, cheerful, devout population of 24.995 billion Macicans hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The minute, liberal, outspoken government, or what there is of one, juggles the competing demands of Industry, Healthcare, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Lincoln AD. Income tax is unheard of.

The frighteningly efficient Macican economy, worth a remarkable 7,338 trillion Macworld Dollars a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Information Technology, and Soda Sales. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an amazing 293,583 Macworld Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Court verdicts are predictable to within a hundredth of a percentage point, the running costs of homeless shelters are so high that it would be cheaper to buy houses for the homeless, snap elections are called over every minor impasse, and armed war-criminals gain asylum if deemed 'fabulous' enough. Crime, especially youth-related, is all-pervasive, probably because of the absence of a police force. Macworld's national animal is the German Shepherd Dog, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Mixed.

Macworld is ranked 1,800^th in the world and 70^th in Lazarus for Most Cultured, scoring 279 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.