The United States of Mar Vers is a tiny, safe nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, compulsory military service, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-working population of 12 million Mar Versians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The relatively small, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Education, Law & Order, and Welfare. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 10.7%.

The thriving Mar Versian economy, worth 983 billion dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Gambling, Woodchip Exports, and Uranium Mining. Average income is 81,996 dollars, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 257,135 per year while the poor average 20,034, a ratio of 12.8 to 1.

Chocolate in Mar Vers has its flavour enhanced by the salty tears of enslaved factory workers, the police think a properly conducted criminal investigation is a real pain, international trade can be a pain to deal with, and citizens complain about a burning sensation after bathing. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Mar Vers's national animal is the leopard, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Mar Vers is ranked 132,122^nd in the world and 1,076^th in the West Pacific for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 1,448.7 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.