The Nation and State of Maas is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by the Directorate with a fair hand, and renowned for its otherworldly petting zoo, free-roaming dinosaurs, and complete lack of prisons. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 25.061 billion Maase 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 medium-sized, socially-minded, outspoken government is primarily concerned with Education, although Environment, Administration, and Healthcare are also considered important, while Spirituality isn't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Maasen. The average income tax rate is 77.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Maase economy, worth a remarkable 4,006 trillion polar crowns a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Information Technology, and Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 159,884 polar crowns, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government is plagued with uncertainty, autocrats are persona non grata, group hugs break out during floor votes, and the Maase delegation to the World Assembly is having a hard time convincing people that international law will "pay for itself somehow...". Crime is totally unknown. Maas's national animal is the hedgehog, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is secular.

Maas is ranked 31,357^th in the world and 2^nd in Arctic for Largest Pizza Delivery Sector, scoring 4,508.35 on the Pepperoni Propulsion Productivity Index.