The Fiefdom of Marty Siska is a colossal, socially progressive nation, ruled by the grand council with an even hand, and notable for its ban on automobiles, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate population of 9.753 billion Marty Siskans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked morass — is primarily concerned with Healthcare, with Education, Environment, and Administration also on the agenda, while Spirituality is ignored. The average income tax rate is 79.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Marty Siskan economy, worth 450 trillion florins a year, is driven almost entirely by government activity. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Door-to-door Insurance Sales, Soda Sales, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 46,178 florins, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

A suspicious number of male students have joined the Ladies' Wrestling League, cars have been banned, those found guilty of illicit affairs are jailed, and the government is using tax revenues to provide jobs for the poor. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Marty Siska's national animal is the vulptex, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Marty Siska is ranked 77,892^nd in the world and 59^th in Canada for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 2,305.73 on the Gilded Widget Scale.