The Nation and State of Maas is a titanic, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by the Directorate with a fair hand, and notable for its rampant corporate plagiarism, smutty television, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 24.61 billion Maase love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, socially-minded, outspoken government is primarily concerned with Education, with Environment, Healthcare, and Administration also on the agenda, while Spirituality is ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Maasen. The average income tax rate is 70.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Maase economy, worth a remarkable 4,119 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 167,409 polar crowns, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Fraternities are rejoicing at government-subsidized partying, solar death ray construction will commence as soon as it rains polar crowns, rogue nations are placing suspiciously large bulk orders for student laptops, and dog breeding has been banned in accordance with recent animal experimentation laws. 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 293,942^nd in the world and 33^rd in Arctic for Greatest Rich-Poor Divides, with 1.19 Rich To Poor Income Ratio.