The State of Maple Liberty is a gargantuan, orderly nation, ruled by the Governor with an iron fist, and remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, restrictive gun laws, and complete absence of social welfare. The cynical population of 20.62 billion Maple Libertyians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Defense, and International Aid. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Capital Heights. The average income tax rate is 32.4%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The strong Maple Libertyian economy, worth 876 trillion betales a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Basket Weaving, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 42,490 betales, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.9 times as much as the poorest.

Gambling is outlawed, political activists are routinely executed, Maple Liberty has designated Capital Heights as its capital city, and The Governor has just been declared ruler of Maple Liberty in an international press conference. Crime is moderate, possibly because it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many regulations. Maple Liberty's national animal is the deer, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Maple Liberty is ranked 211,975^th in the world and 420^th in United States of America for Safest, scoring 35.44 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.