The Holy Insectoid Empire of MBok is a massive, genial nation, ruled by The second daughter -and- Pou 'ait' with an iron fist, and remarkable for its closed borders, museums and concert halls, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, cynical, devout population of 1.117 billion Insectoids are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, corrupt, socially-minded morass — prioritizes Education, with Environment, Administration, and Law & Order also on the agenda. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of HyeFa capital. The average income tax rate is 82.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Insectoid economy, worth 50.5 trillion 𝖘 - Silkstrings a year, is driven almost entirely by government activity. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is dominated by the Basket Weaving industry, with significant contributions from Gambling, Book Publishing, and Furniture Restoration. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 45,200 𝖘 - Silkstrings, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The nation proudly hosts OstraCon to decide who gets free vacations to the Brancaland tundra, advert breaks are played at lower volumes to make them easier to ignore, the fire protection service is wholly government-funded, and tax revenue is often intercepted by international accountants before ever seeing the national treasury. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. MBok's national animal is the Scarab, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Faith of the Heavenly Gifts.

MBok is ranked 36,322^nd in the world and 18^th in Horizon for Most Corrupt Governments, with 67.57 kickbacks per hour.