The Nation and State of Maas is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by the Directorate with a fair hand, and notable for its free-roaming dinosaurs, keen interest in outer space, and lack of airports. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 25.169 billion Maase are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The medium-sized, socially-minded, outspoken government is primarily concerned with Education, although Administration, Environment, and Healthcare are also considered important, while Spirituality isn't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Maasen. The average income tax rate is 78.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Maase economy, worth a remarkable 4,069 trillion polar crowns a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Information Technology, and Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 161,695 polar crowns, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Officials pull all-nighters to check immigrants for potential links to terrorists, royalist is the most offensive slur in the Maase language, angry citizens complain that there isn't enough geographical diversity on the new banknotes, and you can't put down the nation's attitude to pet health. Crime is totally unknown. Maas's national animal is the hedgehog, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is secular.

Maas is ranked 2,336^th in the world and 2^nd in Arctic for Smartest Citizens, with 184.45 quips per hour.