The Free Land of Marlau is a huge, safe nation, renowned for its museums and concert halls, otherworldly petting zoo, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, democratic population of 329 million Marlauans enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The medium-sized, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 41.7%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The strong Marlauan economy, worth 22.2 trillion dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Furniture Restoration, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Automobile Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 67,419 dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.0 times as much as the poorest.

The new national campaign exhorts men to "Show Some Class - Don't Sit On Your Ass", foreign policy is mostly just to smile and hope for the best, new arrivals are asked the location of the Minister of the Interior's birthmark, and the only science is political science. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Marlau's national animal is the Axolotl, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Marlau is ranked 53,928^th in the world and 270^th in Europeia for Lowest Crime Rates, with 73.25 law-abiding acts per hour.