The District of Marcellus is a titanic, socially progressive nation, ruled by Liard with a fair hand, and renowned for its absence of drug laws, complete absence of social welfare, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 17.533 billion Districtors live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.

The minute, liberal, pro-business government, or what there is of one, is solely concerned with Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of District City. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 4.4%.

The strong Marcellusian economy, worth a remarkable 1,016 trillion aurums a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Door-to-door Insurance Sales industry, with major contributions from Furniture Restoration, Information Technology, and Cheese Exports. Average income is 57,999 aurums, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 312,110 per year while the poor average 5,609, a ratio of 55.6 to 1.

The price of takeaway food quadruples after 6pm, purported secret military bases are dismissed by Liard to be highly-advanced toilet factories, Marcellus has designated District City as its capital city, and Liard has just been declared ruler of Marcellus in an international press conference. Crime is a major problem, probably because of the absence of a police force. Marcellus's national animal is the bovina, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Marcellus is ranked 131,532^nd in the world and 1^st in Tarawa for Most Cultured, scoring 64 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.