The Republic of Maytree 12 is a very large, efficient nation, notable for its suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 338 million Maytree 12ians are rabid consumers, partly through choice and partly because the government tells them to and dissenters tend to vanish from their homes at night.

The relatively small, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Education, and Defense. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 11.4%.

The very strong Maytree 12ian economy, worth 19.5 trillion stences a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Gambling industry, with significant contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Furniture Restoration, and Uranium Mining. Average income is 57,598 stences, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 170,880 per year while the poor average 15,235, a ratio of 11.2 to 1.

A large-scale revitalization of the education system is underway, TV shows must meet strict ethnicity quotas, Harry Potter books are banned, and candlelit dinners are less romantic with a flickering LED. Crime is a problem. Maytree 12's national animal is the lion.

Maytree 12 is ranked 169,528^th in the world and 83^rd in House Boucher for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 67.45 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.