The Illuminated Autocracy of Max Empire is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Max the wearer-of-many-crowns with an iron fist, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, national health service, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 27.823 billion Maxians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, with Education, Industry, and Law & Order also on the agenda, while Spirituality and Social Policy receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Maxopolis. The average income tax rate is 98.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Maxian economy, worth an astonishing 16,767 trillion Maxian Dollars a year, is broadly diversified and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, Book Publishing, and Retail. State-owned companies are common. Average income is a breathtaking 602,631 Maxian Dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.5 times as much as the poorest.

The combined alert sound of a nation simultaneously receiving a text message is a common cause of hearing damage, foreign leaders' Twitcher accounts are monitored for potential threats to national security, most ambassadors from Max Empire retire only a few years after being appointed, and Max The Wearer-of-many-crowns reduces citizens' commute times by giving away their homes. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Max Empire's national animal is the Maxian bird, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Maxism.

Max Empire is ranked 832^nd in the world and 1^st in Phoenix Coalition for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 19,601.8 on the Gilded Widget Scale.