The Holy Empire of Mardunia is a huge, orderly nation, notable for its fear of technology, compulsory military service, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 208 million Mardunians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The enormous, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Law & Order, and Education. The average income tax rate is 67.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant Mardunian economy, worth 2.99 trillion human skulls a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, highly specialized black market in Trout Farming, Tourism, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 14,367 human skulls, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Constipated-looking politicians are uptight about potty mouths, spies caught red-handed are served cocktails on their first-class flights home, they who do not work shall not eat, and scenic mountain valleys are flooded with water as damming projects get underway. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Mardunia's national animal is the sun, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Mardunia is ranked 237,862^nd in the world and 4,882^nd in the South Pacific for Safest, scoring 19.13 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.