The Watchfires of Mad-1 is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its public floggings, frequent executions, and ritual sacrifices. The hard-nosed, devout population of 20.916 billion Mad-1ians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 32.5%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The strong Mad-1ian economy, worth a remarkable 1,147 trillion $$s a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, broadly diversified black market in Gambling, Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, and Furniture Restoration. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 54,846 $$s, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

The population's jaw muscles put sharks to shame, the recently bereaved have plenty of time to mourn during their incarcerations, spoiler warnings are now given out before political speeches, and Harry Potter books are banned. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Mad-1's national animal is the Dolly Varden, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Mad-1 is ranked 85,974^th in the world and 1^st in Madrid for Most Primitive, scoring 20.74 on the Scary Big Number Scale.