The Kingdom of Malukiah is a small, cultured nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, compulsory military service, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 45 million Malukians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Welfare, and Education. The average income tax rate is 23.1%.

The very strong Malukian economy, worth 2.90 trillion lire a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Retail, and Basket Weaving. Average income is 64,335 lire, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.2 times as much as the poorest.

The examiners who examine examiners are being examined by examiners, immigration test hopefuls are taught immigrant blood is purple, shivering secretaries type letters under torrential downpours in open-roof offices, and election results are often delayed for weeks to count the expat votes. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Malukiah's national animal is the hawk, which can occasionally be seen dodging aircraft in the nation's cities.

Malukiah is ranked 91,869^th in the world and 459^th in the Plains of Perdition for Most Developed, scoring 63.82 on the Human Development Index.