The Russian Empire of Maplestan is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by Empress Mariya II with a fair hand, and renowned for its daily referendums, free-roaming dinosaurs, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 26.337 billion Russians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The large, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Sankt-Peterburg. The average income tax rate is 99.0%.

The frighteningly efficient Russian economy, worth a remarkable 6,337 trillion Rubles a year, is highly specialized and mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 240,648 Rubles, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Robosexual marriages are increasingly common, asthmatics can now suffer the effects of polluting chimneys from further away than ever before, lovesick people are told 'it's not them, it's you', and the media seems excessively interested in what Empress Mariya II is wearing this season. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Maplestan's national animal is the bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Orthodox Christianity.

Maplestan is ranked 331,213^th in the world and 29^th in Pax Britannia for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, scoring -43.98 on the Henry Ford Productivity Index.