The Kingdom of Marchiaa is a massive, orderly nation, ruled by Sanda von Roi with an iron fist, and renowned for its pith helmet sales, zero percent divorce rate, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 2.347 billion Marchians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The large, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Aurudo. The average income tax rate is 60.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Marchian economy, worth 261 trillion Assems a year, is quite specialized and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, Retail, and Woodchip Exports. Average income is an impressive 111,597 Assems, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

The government seizes all major gold finds, peace talks occasionally rack up a higher body count than the wars they seek to stop, blind students are at a disadvantage now that test papers printed in braille have been discontinued, and televangelists flaunt their expensive cars when they attend charity events. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Marchiaa's national animal is the Lion, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Fulgurianism.

Marchiaa is ranked 261,556^th in the world and 9,336^th in Lazarus for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 42.18 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.