The Federal Republic of Maluv is a huge, genial nation, renowned for its irreverence towards religion and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 478 million Maluvians 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, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 37.7%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Maluvian economy, worth 24.2 trillion Luvs a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Pizza Delivery, Automobile Manufacturing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 50,705 Luvs, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Minority children spend hours bussing to schools miles away from home, new urban roads are threatening city parks, for the sake of 'public interest' news programs tell viewers how to home-make Sarin gas bombs, and old dogs don't have to learn new tricks but they have to prove they haven't forgotten old ones. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Maluv's national animal is the Aurochs, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Maluv is ranked 186,482^nd in the world and 3,966^th in The North Pacific for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 50 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.