The Slave State of Ma-li is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its frequent executions, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed population of 2.491 billion Ma-lians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The enormous, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 67.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Ma-lian economy, worth 145 trillion Gold coins a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Furniture Restoration, Book Publishing, and Gambling. Average income is 58,210 Gold coins, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The nation's weary schoolchildren excel at sport but must count scores on their fingers, groups of government workers are declared protected tribes if they venture too deep into the Capitol, the armed forces are locked in an expensive and bloody war abroad to stamp out possible terrorists, and schoolboys trained in chivalry are encouraged to duel other boys for a maiden's hand. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ma-li's national animal is the Fish Eagle, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Ma-li is ranked 238,056^th in the world and 268^th in Commonwealth of Liberty for Highest Food Quality, scoring 8.56 on the Meeshlin-Starr Index.