The Trade Port of Al Mased is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Malachi Va'kar with an even hand, and renowned for its pith helmet sales, compulsory military service, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed population of 1.204 billion Masedis are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Defense, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Al Mased. The average income tax rate is 63.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Al Masedian economy, worth 113 trillion Rasheeds a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is 94,593 Rasheeds, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The bureaucratic class continues to multiply, elementary school students are required to master Bach's Chaconne in D before graduation, crime is on the rise as DNA sampling has been all but outlawed, and foreign leaders' Twitcher accounts are monitored for potential threats to national security. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Al Mased's national animal is the Winged Tuna, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is Secular Agnositicism.

Al Mased is ranked 57,935^th in the world and 23^rd in Kantrias for Most Developed, scoring 75.1 on the Human Development Index.