The Free Land of Marlau is a huge, cultured nation, remarkable for its free-roaming dinosaurs, devotion to social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 440 million Marlauans enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The medium-sized, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 45.1%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The strong Marlauan economy, worth 28.5 trillion dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Furniture Restoration industry, with major contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Trout Farming, and Woodchip Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 64,777 dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.0 times as much as the poorest.

The new national campaign exhorts men to "Show Some Class - Don't Sit On Your Ass", foreign policy is mostly just to smile and hope for the best, new arrivals are asked the location of the Minister of the Interior's birthmark, and the only science is political science. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Marlau's national animal is the Axolotl, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Marlau is ranked 231,700^th in the world and 543^rd in Europeia for Largest Populations, with 440 million capita.