The Democratic Republic of Maiora is a huge, cultured nation, ruled by Levi Starkin with a fair hand, and notable for its pith helmet sales, devotion to social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 939 million Maiorans 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 enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Solara. The average income tax rate is 78.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Maioran economy, worth 83.8 trillion Maioran Dollars 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 significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Trout Farming. Average income is 89,249 Maioran Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The Maiora Enquirer offers weekly cash prizes for 'most blasphemous song, story, or cartoon', Levi Starkin's exquisite office door is replaced monthly due to angry petitioners, witnesses have to run a gauntlet of mob enforcers to testify at trials, and the government is ignoring the latest terrorist atrocities in Solara for fear of causing a fuss. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Maiora's national animal is the Dove, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Maiora is ranked 22,291^st in the world and 652^nd in The North Pacific for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 3,138.49 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.