The Tie-Dye Republic of Mars Hotel is a colossal, genial nation, ruled by Robert Hunter with a fair hand, and notable for its daily referendums, free-roaming dinosaurs, and absence of drug laws. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 7.118 billion Mars Hotelians 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, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Cucamonga. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Mars Hotelian economy, worth a remarkable 1,888 trillion Garcias a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 265,325 Garcias, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Religious figures have been banned from public holidays to make them more multicultural, the nation has welcomed its expats back with open arms, a third of Mars Hotelians are e-certified CEOs, and the wheel has been patented by at least a hundred people. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Mars Hotel's national animal is the saw-whet owl, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Mars Hotel is ranked 792^nd in the world and 2^nd in The Region That Has No Big Banks for Highest Food Quality, scoring 388.77 on the Meeshlin-Starr Index.