The Republic of Maytree 5 is a huge, efficient nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 610 million Maytree 5ians are free to succeed or fail in life on their own merits; the successful tend to enjoy an opulent (but moralistic) lifestyle, while the failures can be seen crowding out most jails.

The relatively small, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Education. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 9.8%.

The very strong Maytree 5ian economy, worth 37.1 trillion stences a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Uranium Mining industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Cheese Exports, and Woodchip Exports. Average income is 60,797 stences, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 196,491 per year while the poor average 14,216, a ratio of 13.8 to 1.

A large-scale revitalization of the education system is underway, Harry Potter books are banned, the country's famous rainforests are being bulldozed by the mining industry, and commuters travel in zigzags to avoid stalking accusations. Crime is moderate, possibly because it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many regulations. Maytree 5's national animal is the lion, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Maytree 5 is ranked 254,041^st in the world and 219^th in House Boucher for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring -4 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.