The Holy Empire of Madox is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by Kaiser Friedrich Wilhelm II with an iron fist, and renowned for its public floggings, compulsory military service, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 27.32 billion Madoxians are rabid consumers, partly through choice and partly because the government tells them to and dissenters tend to vanish from their homes at night.

The medium-sized, corrupt, pro-business, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, although Law & Order, Spirituality, and Education are also considered important, while Welfare receives no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Vancouver. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 52.5%.

The powerhouse Madoxian economy, worth a remarkable 3,310 trillion euros a year, is broadly diversified and dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Information Technology, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Black market activity is frequent. Average income is an impressive 121,190 euros, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 500,471 per year while the poor average 19,293, a ratio of 25.9 to 1.

Anti-government web sites are springing up, a crusade against barbaric religious practices has begun, volunteers are signing up to take arms against an incursion of flesh-eating zombies (Madox has found 2 easter eggs), and the fire protection service is wholly government-funded. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Madox's national animal is the Pacific Timber Wolf, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is The Roman Catholic Church.

Madox is ranked 78,148^th in the world and 2^nd in New Pacific Alliance for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 3,091.44 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.