The United States of Maelesk is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its burgeoning lion population. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 17.324 billion Maeleskians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The relatively small, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Welfare, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 17.9%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The large but underdeveloped Maeleskian economy, worth 531 trillion Dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Gambling, Furniture Restoration, and Woodchip Exports. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 30,693 Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Crime is well under control, despite the fact that it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many laws. Maelesk's national animal is the lion, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Maelesk is ranked 177,405^th in the world and 1^st in Monarchist Region of His Majesty for Lowest Crime Rates, with 58.66 law-abiding acts per hour.