The Republic of Margelin is a huge, socially progressive nation, renowned for its compulsory military service, irreverence towards religion, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 299 million Margelinians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 21.6%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Margelinian economy, worth 11.2 trillion Jetons a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Furniture Restoration industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Retail. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 37,369 Jetons, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Parents who reward their teens' chores with concert tickets are charged with illegal reselling, corporations are forbidden from employing outside the nation, the fattest folk in Margelin look to be the happiest ones, and all you have to do is pray to get into Margelin. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Margelin's national animal is the Beaver, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Margelin is ranked 201,242^nd in the world and 7,508^th in Osiris for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 29,297.46 Standard Monetary Units.