The Federal Republic of Marlducro is a massive, safe nation, ruled by President Matthieu Dubois with a fair hand, and remarkable for its pith helmet sales, irreverence towards religion, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic, cheerful population of 4.811 billion Marlducroans hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Folsburgh. The average income tax rate is 90.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Marlducroan economy, worth 930 trillion Dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Retail, Tourism, and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 193,310 Dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

It is a common belief that a sport isn't sport if there are no decapitations, condos feature wall-mounted cages containing endangered animals, fixing attendance at women's matches is a matter of "when they go low, we go high... funding", and President Matthieu Dubois's handshakes with opposition leaders usually lead to thumb wars. Crime is totally unknown. Marlducro's national animal is the Eagle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Marlducro is ranked 289,273^rd in the world and 6,265^th in The North Pacific for Most Primitive, scoring -583.38 on the Scary Big Number Scale.