The Holy Orthodox Empire of Macedonian Crusader is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its compulsory military service, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The cynical population of 44.634 billion Macedonian Crusaderians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, socially-minded, well-organized morass — juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Healthcare, and Education. The average income tax rate is 73.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but sluggish Macedonian Crusaderian economy, worth 809 trillion staters a year, is driven almost entirely by government activity. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is led by the Soda Sales industry, with significant contributions from Furniture Restoration, Retail, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 18,127 staters, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

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

Macedonian Crusader is ranked 118,576^th in the world and 1^st in Bahrain for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 993.99 on the Gilded Widget Scale.