The Serene Republic of Mascarenha is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Maurizio Tirelli with an even hand, and renowned for its free-roaming dinosaurs, compulsory military service, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, hard-working population of 1.317 billion Britishes have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Serravalle. The average income tax rate is 68.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse British economy, worth 85.2 trillion Euros a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Basket Weaving industry, with significant contributions from Retail, Information Technology, and Trout Farming. Average income is 64,704 Euros, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government is avowedly secular, the people elect the Supreme Court justices directly, restaurant owners fear visits from government officials more than the actual food critics, and British Standard Vodka is the only drink that bars stock. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Mascarenha's national animal is the Capoeira cockatoo, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Christianity.

Mascarenha is ranked 225,426^th in the world and 9,281^st in The North Pacific for Most Extreme, scoring 2.27 on the Paul-Nader Subjective Decentrality Index.