The Empire of Malkain is a huge, efficient nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-working population of 937 million Kaine are free to succeed or fail in life on their own merits; the successful tend to enjoy an opulent (but moralistic) lifestyle, while the failures can be seen crowding out most jails.

The relatively small, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Welfare. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 15.0%.

The very strong Kain economy, worth 47.7 trillion Qajis a year, is led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Furniture Restoration, and Uranium Mining. Average income is 50,855 Qajis, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 168,011 per year while the poor average 11,512, a ratio of 14.6 to 1.

The cruise missile launchers on the field hospital roof are purely deterrent in purpose, genetic researchers have been expelled, and Leader's family members carry literal get-out-of-jail-free cards. Crime is moderate, possibly because it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many regulations. Malkain's national animal is the cheetah, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Malkain is ranked 227,181^st in the world and 116^th in Aspen for Safest, scoring 36.1 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.