The Federation of Melayudvipa is a huge, efficient nation, renowned for its compulsory military service and multi-spousal wedding ceremonies. The hard-working, cynical, devout population of 305 million Malayans 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, pro-business, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Law & Order, and Welfare. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 15.2%.

The powerhouse Malayan economy, worth 22.4 trillion ringgits a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Woodchip Exports, and Tourism. Average income is 73,400 ringgits, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 223,784 per year while the poor average 18,676, a ratio of 12.0 to 1.

Crime is on the rise as DNA sampling has been all but outlawed, urban graffiti is hand-calligraphed in perfectly kerned elegant fonts, government statisticians explain census inaccuracies by declaring that "Sith happens", and new pilots are regularly reminded that they are more expendable than their planes. Crime, especially youth-related, is relatively low, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Melayudvipa's national animal is the Malayan tiger.

Melayudvipa is ranked 206,914^th in the world and 117^th in Blue Ridge for Most Pacifist, with 46.46 cheeks turned per day.