The Dictatorship of Malues is a very large, efficient nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service, absence of drug laws, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-working, democratic population of 492 million Maluesians 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 tiny, liberal, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Welfare. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 7.7%.

The very strong Maluesian economy, worth 27.1 trillion apels a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Furniture Restoration, and Retail. Average income is 55,173 apels, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 311,750 per year while the poor average 4,794, a ratio of 65.0 to 1.

Anyone with a tin cup can stop by the welfare office to have it filled with coins, people boast about their low income on their dating profiles, cultural heritage is measured in Scoville Heat Units, and diplomats agree to the terms and conditions of peace treaties without reading them. Crime is a serious problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Malues's national animal is the Pomagon, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Malues is ranked 264,802^nd in the world and 78^th in The Black Hawks for Largest Black Market, with 115 billion Standard Monetary Units.