The MACEDONIAN EMPIRE of Makedonida is a gargantuan, safe nation, remarkable for its complete lack of prisons and punitive income tax rates. The quiet, industrious population of 44.183 billion Makedonidans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked morass — juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Spirituality, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 78.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The enormous but underdeveloped Makedonidan economy, worth a remarkable 1,063 trillion makedons a year, is highly specialized and dominated by the Retail industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Cheese Exports, and Woodchip Exports. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 24,061 makedons, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Makedonida's national animal is the lion, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Makedonida is ranked 1^st in the world and 1^st in Sri Lanka for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring zero on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.