The Democratic Republic of Malerion is a tiny, safe nation, renowned for its compulsory military service, irreverence towards religion, and restrictive gun laws. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 18 million Expendables 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 enormous, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Education. The average income tax rate is 74.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The weak Expendable economy, worth 566 billion VioCredits a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Uranium Mining industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Woodchip Exports, and Cheese Exports. Average income is 31,499 VioCredits, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Conductors wield diamond-encrusted batons to fit in with their freshly gilded surroundings, the military perceives nations hit by natural disasters as "easy pickings", all citizens are solely referenced by their allocated identity number, and Expendable Standard Vodka is the only drink that bars stock. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Malerion's national animal is the War machine, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Malerion is ranked 81,846^th in the world and 158^th in Starlight for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 1,202.99 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.