The Illuminated Autocracy of Max Empire is a gargantuan, orderly nation, ruled by Max the wearer-of-many-crowns with an iron fist, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, infamous sell-swords, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 32.956 billion Maxians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, although Education, Industry, and Law & Order are also considered important, while Spirituality and Social Policy are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Maxopolis. The average income tax rate is 98.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Maxian economy, worth an astonishing 19,458 trillion Maxian Dollars a year, is broadly diversified and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, Book Publishing, and Retail. State-owned companies are common. Average income is a breathtaking 590,427 Maxian Dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.5 times as much as the poorest.

Estate agents justify funky smells by revealing how often the previous owners showered, civil engineers are undermining sinkholes, people transfer their assets to bank accounts in Manamana before getting divorced, and gymnasts are in awe at the amount of hoops army applicants must jump through. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Max Empire's national animal is the Maxian bird, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Maxism.

Max Empire is ranked 1,105^th in the world and 40^th in Balder for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring 36,326.88 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.