The Height Makes Right of Maximinus Thrax is a mammoth, orderly nation, ruled by Maximinus the Eight-Foot Menace with an iron fist, and remarkable for its public floggings, enslaved workforce, and ban on automobiles. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 7.601 billion Thracians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The large, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Healthcare, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Rome. The average income tax rate is 38.1%.

The very strong Maximinus Thraxian economy, worth 401 trillion denarii a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Gambling, Uranium Mining, and Book Publishing. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 52,730 denarii, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.9 times as much as the poorest.

A vast monorail network carries people all over the country, it's considered a civil right to be allowed to neglect and mistreat your own children, the dessert 'Death by Chocolate' isn't the most lethal dish on the menu, and Maximinus Thrax is notorious for its citizens' infidelity. Crime, especially youth-related, is well under control, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Maximinus Thrax's national animal is the lion and its national religion is Height Makes Right.

Maximinus Thrax is ranked 73,361^st in the world and 20^th in The Yamada Ryo Star Warriors for Largest Arms Manufacturing Sector, scoring 9,188.37 on the Charon Conveyancy Index.