The United States of Mayaguez-PR- is a massive, genial nation, remarkable for its museums and concert halls, disturbing lack of elderly people, and pith helmet sales. The compassionate, cynical, humorless, devout population of 3.577 billion Mayaguez-PR-ians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The medium-sized, corrupt, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. The average income tax rate is 68.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Mayaguez-PR-ian economy, worth 473 trillion dollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, fairly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Tourism, and Woodchip Exports. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an impressive 132,426 dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.8 times as much as the poorest.

Returning tourists and businessmen are detained without trial if they belong to the "wrong" religion, the overhead luggage compartment is often full, Mayaguez-PR- is renowned for its lax gun laws, and Moby Dick can only be sold by pornographers. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Mayaguez-PR-'s national animal is the bald eagle, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Mayaguez-PR- is ranked 38,504^th in the world and 338^th in Aerospace for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 4,810.65 on the Gilded Widget Scale.