The Socialist Federal Republic of Mackeland is a colossal, socially progressive nation, ruled by Jay Searcey with a fair hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, irreverence towards religion, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic population of 4.136 billion Mackish 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, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Naverne. The average income tax rate is 50.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Mackish economy, worth 474 trillion Konstas a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 114,645 Konstas, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

Every child sleeps with a gun to protect themselves from the monster under the bed, the government guarantees extra-soft tissues to fire-snorting elephants, the nation is known as the cheapskates of The Leftist Assembly, and you need two tenors and a coloratura contralto to sing the national anthem properly. Crime is totally unknown. Mackeland's national animal is the Timber Wolf, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Mackeland is ranked 9,963^rd in the world and 229^th in The Leftist Assembly for Nicest Citizens, with 31.57 average smiles per day.