The Empire of Megistos is a mammoth, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Mysterious Idol with a fair hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, pith helmet sales, and vat-grown people. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, humorless population of 7.979 billion Megistians live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.

The relatively small, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Paix. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 35.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Megistia economy, worth a remarkable 2,061 trillion Dollars a year, is broadly diversified and dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an amazing 258,379 Dollars, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 894,082 per year while the poor average 54,561, a ratio of 16.4 to 1.

Prankster scientists legally change their names to silly pseudonyms before major discoveries, sick Megistians are hair today and gone tomorrow, medical lawsuits are out of control, and shoppers carry protractors to verify their produce. Crime is totally unknown. Megistos's national animal is the Dolphin, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is Phoenixi.

Megistos is ranked 8,516^th in the world and 67^th in the South Pacific for Largest Black Market, with 706 trillion Standard Monetary Units.