The Republic of Land of Mari is a colossal, genial nation, ruled by Vance Guy with a fair hand, and notable for its keen interest in outer space, irreverence towards religion, and hatred of cheese. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 6.369 billion Land of Marians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The enormous, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Annapaltimore. The average income tax rate is 99.0%.

The frighteningly efficient Land of Marian economy, worth a remarkable 1,248 trillion Old Bays 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 led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 195,985 Old Bays, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Homophobia is off the menu, excessive wheelchair ramps on government buildings have been compared to theme park attractions, Land of Mari's children are widely acknowledged as the most foul-mouthed in the region, and straitjackets are a common religious garb. Crime is totally unknown. Land of Mari's national animal is the Crab, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Land of Mari is ranked 2,520^th in the world and 53^rd in the South Pacific for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 19,563 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.