The Corporate Empire of Machstaat is a titanic, cultured nation, ruled by Jennifer Jennings with an even hand, and notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, unlimited-speed roads, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 16.594 billion Machstaatians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and look forward to their next free and open election, to be held on an as-yet unannounced date.

The relatively small, corrupt government prioritizes Defense, with Education, Industry, and Administration also on the agenda, while Spirituality and International Aid aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Greatropolis. The average income tax rate is 66.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Machstaatian economy, worth a remarkable 6,459 trillion E-Credits a year, is broadly diversified and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Retail, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 389,240 E-Credits, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Suburban residents are told not to panic while hitchhikers swarm their neighborhoods, mountain rescue missions can end with more people lost than found, Greatropolis University is said to be the modern-day Tower of Babel, and all the cool kids have tetanus. Crime is pervasive, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Machstaat's national animal is the amoeba, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Machstaat is ranked 7,016^th in the world and 287^th in Lazarus for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 9,380.39 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.