The Holy Empire of Maconc is a huge, safe nation, ruled by Prince Macono Everton Domingues with an even hand, and remarkable for its fear of technology, frequent executions, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, hard-working, devout population of 985 million Maconcians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The relatively small, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Yong. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 17.0%.

The thriving Maconcian economy, worth 75.9 trillion Moc Mocs a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Beef-Based Agriculture industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Information Technology, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Average income is 77,022 Moc Mocs, with the richest citizens earning 5.5 times as much as the poorest.

Getting an autograph has become harder than ever, drunk drivers are sent to rehabilitation paid for by the government, reflection is vital for badly behaved politicians, and the dish 'poisson avec poison' is only available on the black market. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, despite the fact that it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many laws. Maconc's national animal is the Macaco, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Maconc is ranked 37,167^th in the world and 129^th in Starlight for Most Cultured, scoring 76 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.