The Greater Mapletia Union of Mapletish is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by President Wiston Walash with a fair hand, and notable for its rum-swilling pirates, otherworldly petting zoo, and ubiquitous missile silos. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, cheerful population of 18.689 billion Mapletians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The relatively small, corrupt, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Struggait. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 55.7%.

The frighteningly efficient Maplish economy, worth a remarkable 4,213 trillion Mapletish Dollars a year, is led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Retail. Black market activity is frequent. Average income is an amazing 225,472 Mapletish Dollars, with the richest citizens earning 6.4 times as much as the poorest.

Members of ethnic minorities are more often called "boy" or "girl" than by their actual names, the country's population is reported with a margin of error of several billions, new government leaflets tell coeliac children to eat more crisps, and Violetist maidens who fall for an outsider must leave their violet light districts in shame. Crime is totally unknown. Mapletish's national animal is the Lion, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Faith.

Mapletish is ranked 141,015^th in the world and 33^rd in Rushmore for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 928.32 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.