The Holy Empire of Malkatar is a large, orderly nation, notable for its punitive income tax rates, restrictive gun laws, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 117 million Malkatarians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The enormous, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Spirituality, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 73.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The imploded Malkatarian economy, worth 884 billion Coins a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is mostly made up of the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Uranium Mining, and Woodchip Exports. Average income is 7,564 Coins, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

There's sophisticated talk of revolution within the ever-expanding mining colonies, Malkatarians struggle to cut steak with a spoon, the general public only knows their favorite politician's first name, and abortions are carried out secretly in shady backstreet clinics. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Malkatar's national animal is the Panda, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Malkatar is ranked 299,912^th in the world and 1,077^th in Concord for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -8.83 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.