The People's Republic of Mariklavos is a huge, safe nation, remarkable for its museums and concert halls, infamous sell-swords, and keen interest in outer space. The compassionate population of 701 million Mariklavishes are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Krim. The average income tax rate is 70.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Mariklavosian economy, worth 50.4 trillion Klonas 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 Tourism industry, with major contributions from Trout Farming, Information Technology, and Cheese Exports. Average income is 71,873 Klonas, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The Krim Film Festival recently voted 'Mariklavish Getting Hit By Football' as best film, major internet servers have acquired citizenship, tourists outnumber citizens two to one, and digital novelty coins make for surprising vanguards of the revolution. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Mariklavos's national animal is the Giraffe, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Mariklavos is ranked 36,586^th in the world and 614^th in The Communist Bloc for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 5,568.91 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.