The Republic of Martalesien is a huge, efficient nation, remarkable for its frequent executions, suspicion of poets, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-working population of 390 million Grallatorians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Altenberg. The average income tax rate is 23.5%.

The powerhouse Martalesienian economy, worth 33.5 trillion Dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Furniture Restoration, and Woodchip Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 85,819 Dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.1 times as much as the poorest.

Employers are finding it hard to screen candidates now that everyone gets A grades in their exams, bored politicians often entertain themselves with games of Simon during important votes, drug deals return to the streets as legions of undercover officers stalk the dark web, and whenever pilots have to bail out the government bails out their company. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Martalesien's national animal is the Beaver, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Martalesien is ranked 70,915^th in the world and 1^st in Grallator for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 2,655.37 on the Gilded Widget Scale.