The Workers Republic of Maraganta is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Jory Maartens with an iron fist, and renowned for its keen interest in outer space, pith helmet sales, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, cynical population of 1.183 billion Maragans are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The Triple Cities. The average income tax rate is 87.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Maragan economy, worth 85.1 trillion Reais a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Trout Farming, Tourism, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is 71,948 Reais, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Foreign planes and migratory birds are shot down as spies, radio stations offer prizes to callers who can guess this month's most endangered species, unshaven men are viewed with suspicion in courts of law, and the suicide rate mysteriously skyrockets during census years. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Maraganta's national animal is the Mule, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Maraganta is ranked 186,681^st in the world and 411^th in Communitas for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 190.44 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.