The Republic of The Marineri Islands is a huge, socially progressive nation, ruled by Liya Bathasa Pokono with an even hand, and notable for its sprawling nuclear power plants, ban on automobiles, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 976 million Marineri Islanders are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Senivana. The average income tax rate is 72.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Marineri economy, worth 48.1 trillion shatharis a year, is highly specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Basket Weaving, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 49,301 shatharis, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Grumpy old house owners demand that pedestrians get off their footpaths, Brancalandian Brie isn't available anywhere in The Marineri Islands, prison visits increase substantially during election years, and banning party poppers has been a real party pooper. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Marineri Islands's national animal is the Golden Morning Owl, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

The Marineri Islands is ranked 207,675^th in the world and 15^th in The Socialist Republic for Largest Populations, with 976 million capita.