The Theocratic Matriarchy of Holy Marsh is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by Arsi'Elkon Luboski with an iron fist, and notable for its state-planned economy, national health service, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 37.19 billion Mar'si 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 medium-sized, corrupt government is effectively ruled by the Department of Defense, although Industry and Education are also considered important, while Environment receives no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Mar'si Sahira. The average income tax rate is 97.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Mar'si economy, worth an astonishing 17,107 trillion Marshians 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 an enormous, deeply entrenched, broadly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Uranium Mining. 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 an amazing 459,992 Marshians, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Resident physicians are said to have a silver scalpel in their hands, crops are flattened as farmers bludgeon insects to death, atheistic refugees haven't got a prayer of being granted asylum, and vacationing Mar'si expect to be treated as royalty. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Holy Marsh's national animal is the Sparky, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Marshism.

Holy Marsh is ranked 2,678^th in the world and 5^th in Greater Dienstad for Most Cultured, scoring 226 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.