The Planet of Malsog is a colossal, orderly nation, ruled by High Admiral Governor General with an iron fist, and remarkable for its free-roaming dinosaurs, compulsory military service, and ubiquitous missile silos. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 5.735 billion peasant scums are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Helios Hive City. The average income tax rate is 59.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Malsogian economy, worth 813 trillion Social Credits a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a large, well-organized, broadly diversified black market in Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, and Retail. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an impressive 141,794 Social Credits, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.7 times as much as the poorest.

Shady doctors seem to have impeccable records, the "feminist protest" defence is increasingly common for cases of armed robbery, multiple births are a cause of celebration for tax collectors, and the fire brigade often deal with cases of burnt toast. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Malsog's national animal is the Imperium Aquila, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Adeptus Ministorum.

Malsog is ranked 44,846^th in the world and 2,776^th in Balder for Lowest Crime Rates, with 75.82 law-abiding acts per hour.