The People's Republic of Makatia is a gargantuan, genial nation, ruled by Secretary of State Mykola Ionescu with an even hand, and remarkable for its keen interest in outer space, irreverence towards religion, and restrictive gun laws. The compassionate population of 15.51 billion Makatians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Lubelsk. The average income tax rate is 99.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Makatian economy, worth a remarkable 3,490 trillion Digital Makatian Hryvnias 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 dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Book Publishing, and Tourism. Average income is an amazing 225,030 Digital Makatian Hryvnias, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

A passport is literally priceless, stony-faced ratings board panelists are unamused by free lap dances, mathematicians are hated by children across the country, and they say that Makatians made a dessert and called it peace. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Makatia's national animal is the Eurasian lynx, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Violetism.

Makatia is ranked 204,840^th in the world and 60^th in New Warsaw Pact for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring -2.5 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.