The Dictatorship of Maxess is a massive, efficient nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, infamous sell-swords, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 1.37 billion Maxessians 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 medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, pro-business, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Industry, and Defense. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 48.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Maxessian economy, worth 217 trillion obsidians a year, is led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Arms Manufacturing, and Automobile Manufacturing. Black market activity is extensive. Average income is an impressive 158,682 obsidians, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,440,847 per year while the poor average 2,020, a ratio of 713 to 1.

Clowns are being rounded up and admitted to mental institutions, vehicle strikes into low bridges are on the increase, citizens seem fixated on 105m x 45m rectangles, and broken suspension systems are giving auto repair shops plenty of business. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force. Maxess's national animal is the gryphon, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Maxess is ranked 29,550^th in the world and 5^th in The Slumber for Most Extensive Public Healthcare, scoring 4,013.62 on the Theresa-Nightingale Rating.