The Republic of MA-1 is a gargantuan, genial nation, renowned for its daily referendums, ritual sacrifices, and restrictive gun laws. The compassionate, devout population of 26.135 billion MA-1ians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 52.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong MA-1ian economy, worth a remarkable 1,481 trillion $$s a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Cheese Exports. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 56,682 $$s, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.6 times as much as the poorest.

Elderly citizens regularly buy posh multimillion-$$ mansions, many are asking why the latest naval vessel is named after Saint Bartholomeus the Many Handed, police officers that upset their bosses get assigned to 24 hour stakeouts of bike sheds, and acute politicians deride opposition members for being obtuse. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. MA-1's national animal is the Dolly Varden, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

MA-1 is ranked 90,959^th in the world and 1^st in Mingan Archipelago for Most Advanced Law Enforcement, scoring 3,028.12 on the Orwell Orderliness Index.