The Protectorate of New Maxta is a gargantuan, genial nation, ruled by Vycar Darkfire with an even hand, and renowned for its soft-spoken computers, compulsory military service, and daily referendums. The compassionate population of 16.624 billion New Maxtans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Environment. The average income tax rate is 80.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The very strong New Maxtan economy, worth a remarkable 1,724 trillion Maxxens a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is an impressive 103,722 Maxxens, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Crime is on the rise as DNA sampling has been all but outlawed, people are more interested in gossip about the private lives of politicians than their policies, students are known to arrive at school in their pyjamas, and government officials frequently cut taxes as a distraction from antics with their secretaries. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. New Maxta's national animal is the Bull Elephant, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

New Maxta is ranked 12,566^th in the world and 295^th in the South Pacific for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 362.82 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.