The Illuminated Autocracy of Max Empire is a gargantuan, orderly nation, ruled by Max the wearer-of-many-crowns with an iron fist, and notable for its infamous sell-swords, free-roaming dinosaurs, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 32.928 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 aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Maxopolis. The average income tax rate is 98.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Maxian economy, worth an astonishing 19,441 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 590,427 Maxian Dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.5 times as much as the poorest.

Estate agents justify funky smells by revealing how often the previous owners showered, civil engineers are undermining sinkholes, people transfer their assets to bank accounts in Manamana before getting divorced, and gymnasts are in awe at the amount of hoops army applicants must jump through. 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 98^th in the world and 3^rd in Balder for Largest Black Market, with 27,607 trillion Standard Monetary Units.