The Giraffe Dynasty of Mackleven is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its museums and concert halls, daily referendums, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 4.038 billion Giraffes love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Henright. The average income tax rate is 37.5%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Giraffe economy, worth 327 trillion Small Fries a year, is quite specialized and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Trout Farming. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 81,138 Small Fries, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Nocturnal light pollution is mostly blue, small children are learning a lot of new words from a teacher with Tourette Syndrome, one tree's worth of paperwork accompanies each imported log of timber, and theatre may or may not be changing for the better but it is being changed for good. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Mackleven's national animal is the Giraffe, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Christianity.

Mackleven is ranked 290,514^th in the world and 45^th in Angelic League for Largest Pizza Delivery Sector, scoring -9.54 on the Pepperoni Propulsion Productivity Index.