The Commonwealth of Mainze is a colossal, socially progressive nation, ruled by Noble Leader with an even hand, and notable for its digital currency, otherworldly petting zoo, and absence of drug laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, humorless population of 7.081 billion Mainzeans enjoy some of the most opulent lifestyles in the region, unless they are unemployed or working-class, in which case they are variously starving to death or crippled by easily preventable diseases.

The minute, corrupt, liberal, pro-business government, or what there is of one, juggles the competing demands of Industry, Education, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Mainze City. Income tax is unheard of.

The frighteningly efficient Mainzean economy, worth a remarkable 2,504 trillion Dollars a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Retail, Arms Manufacturing, and Soda Sales. Average income is an amazing 353,757 Dollars, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,851,829 per year while the poor average 36,255, a ratio of 51.1 to 1.

Road signs are getting harder to read under layers of knitted woolen cardigans, prenuptial contracts have replaced diamond rings in marriage proposals, the nation's latest batch of politicians include internet comedians, an alleged serial killer, and a highly trained Aardvark, and Aardvarks with strange deformities like three eyes and tentacles have been seen prancing through the countryside where industrial waste is dumped. Crime, especially youth-related, is all-pervasive, probably because of the absence of a police force. Mainze's national animal is the Aardvark, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is an obscure religion that has no name.

Mainze is ranked 209,200^th in the world and 7,661^st in Lazarus for Safest, scoring 2.9 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.