The Duchy of Madrastan is a mammoth, efficient nation, ruled by Bruce Irone with an iron fist, and notable for its smutty television, pith helmet sales, and compulsory military service. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 5.424 billion Madrastanians are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

The relatively small, corrupt, moralistic, pro-business, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Administration, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Arsnik. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 12.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Madrastanian economy, worth 990 trillion Dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is frequent. Average income is an impressive 182,572 Dollars, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,372,367 per year while the poor average 6,963, a ratio of 197 to 1.

Behind every great person are three dozen other people passing great memos, public incontinence is a growing problem amongst the nation's women, children make Madrastan drive 'round, and civil engineers are undermining sinkholes. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Madrastan's national animal is the Chemical Bear, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Atheism.

Madrastan is ranked 26,327^th in the world and 1^st in The Fractured Crowns for Largest Black Market, with 87.6 trillion Standard Monetary Units.