The Empire of the Golden Throne of The Macabees is a gargantuan, cultured nation, remarkable for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, smutty television, and flagrant waste-dumping. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, humorless population of 34.086 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 Law & Order, Industry, and Education. Income tax is unheard of.

The frighteningly efficient Macabean economy, worth an astonishing 12,257 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 Book Publishing. Average income is an amazing 359,592 Ríokmarks, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 2,381,856 per year while the poor average 20,871, a ratio of 114 to 1.

A popular Macabean saying is 'wishing upon a fallen jet engine', public incontinence is a growing problem amongst the nation's women, condos feature wall-mounted cages containing endangered animals, and primetime re-runs of The Black and White Minstrel Show are a critical hit. 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 4,814^th in the world and 10^th in Greater Dienstad for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 528.55 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.