The Holy Empire of Maeln is a gargantuan, orderly nation, ruled by Lord Wolf with an iron fist, and renowned for its complete lack of prisons, complete lack of public education, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 25.982 billion Maelnians are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

The minute, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government, or what there is of one, is effectively ruled by the Department of Defense, although Law & Order, Spirituality, and Industry are also considered important, while Social Policy and Welfare are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Saint's City. Income tax is unheard of.

The frighteningly efficient Maelnian economy, worth a remarkable 6,922 trillion Fistoes a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Woodchip Exports, and Automobile Manufacturing. Average income is an amazing 266,416 Fistoes, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 2,194,983 per year while the poor average 6,715, a ratio of 326 to 1.

The government regularly hires contractors to construct high rise apartments, Dogman-branded weapons are all the rage in the militaristic comic-book community, Lord Wolf often plays real life games of Tower Defense against hordes of angry villagers, and hit TV show 'The eXecution Factor' is a critical success. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, despite the fact that it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many laws. Maeln's national animal is the Wolf, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Contessism.

Maeln is ranked 1,390^th in the world and 1^st in The Realms of Ealish for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 18,086.28 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.