The Empire of the Golden Throne of The Macabees is a behemoth, efficient nation, renowned for its rum-swilling pirates, museums and concert halls, and barren, inhospitable landscape. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, humorless population of 50.61 billion Macabeans live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.

There is no government in the normal sense of the word; however, a small group of community-minded, corrupt, liberal, pro-business, outspoken individuals juggles the competing demands of Industry, Law & Order, and Education. Income tax is unheard of.

The frighteningly efficient Macabean economy, worth an astonishing 19,163 trillion Ríokmarks 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 Uranium Mining, Information Technology, and Retail. Average income is an amazing 378,641 Ríokmarks, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,160,203 per year while the poor average 95,654, a ratio of 12.1 to 1.

The law says it's okay to sell a bomb to a terrorist so long as they promise not to detonate it, a five-year-old and a convicted terrorist can sit alongside one another in jury service, the nation has declared its intention to "stretch out", and excessive wheelchair ramps on government buildings have been compared to theme park attractions. Crime, especially youth-related, is all-pervasive, probably because of the absence of a police force. The Macabees's national animal is the Imperial Eagle, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

The Macabees is ranked 111,169^th in the world and 20^th in Greater Dienstad for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring 2,572.58 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.