The Republic of Maltandhops is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Master Brewer with a fair hand, and notable for its punitive income tax rates, restrictive gun laws, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 3.057 billion Maltandhopsians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The medium-sized, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The Brewery. The average income tax rate is 71.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Maltandhopsian economy, worth 526 trillion Beers a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 172,126 Beers, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Courtrooms can be a little sketchy, cutting remarks are the limit of Master Brewer's violent tendencies, the only movement outdoors is of ramen-delivery drones, and it's rare to find an unchewed pencil. Crime is totally unknown. Maltandhops's national animal is the giraffe, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Maltandhops is ranked 17,652^nd in the world and 15^th in Union of Allied States for Highest Average Incomes, with 172,126.95 Standard Monetary Units.