The Kingdom of Mainpear is a tiny, genial nation, notable for its frequent executions, compulsory military service, and avant-garde cinema. The hard-working, democratic population of 9 million Mainpearians are effectively ruled by a group of massive corporations, who run for political office and provide their well-off citizens with world-class goods and services. Their poorer citizens, however, are mostly starving to death while being urged to go out and get real jobs. The populace has reasonably extensive civil rights, although these are mostly aimed at allowing them to buy whatever they like.

The relatively small, pro-business, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Administration, and Education. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 11.1%.

The very strong Mainpearian economy, worth 572 billion Recs a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Trout Farming industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, and Automobile Manufacturing. Average income is 63,536 Recs, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 300,547 per year while the poor average 7,947, a ratio of 37.8 to 1.

Members of ethnic minorities are more often called "boy" or "girl" than by their actual names, the easiest method of escaping from prison is to take singing lessons, weapons produced by newly nationalized armaments factories have been found to contain sawdust instead of gunpowder, and loading sixteen tons of laundry gets you another year older and deeper in debt. Crime, especially youth-related, is almost non-existent, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Mainpear's national animal is the Eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Mainpear is ranked 92,730^th in the world and 2^nd in Saaoi Compact for Smartest Citizens, with 37.82 quips per hour.