The Sultanate of Masterdown is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its compulsory military service, suspicion of poets, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 270 million Masterdownians are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

The tiny, well-organized government is primarily concerned with Defense, although Administration, Law & Order, and Industry are also considered important, while Spirituality and International Aid receive no funds. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 7.5%.

The thriving Masterdownian economy, worth 19.8 trillion Dineroes a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Gambling, Pizza Delivery, and Furniture Restoration. Average income is 73,375 Dineroes, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 348,141 per year while the poor average 9,126, a ratio of 38.1 to 1.

The subway is dead quiet in early afternoons, any body part that can be cut off a person is no longer considered to be their property, slaves who produce weapons are given free samples, and Brasilistanis face layers of paperwork in a different language just to visit a doctor. Crime is a problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Masterdown's national animal is the Vulture, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Masterdown is ranked 81,707^th in the world and 6^th in The Anduavas for Most Authoritarian, with 1,141.84 milliStalins.