The Republic of Mardom is a massive, genial nation, ruled by Rosy Waggle with a fair hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, national health service, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 3.622 billion Mardomians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The enormous, liberal, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Administration, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Micester. The average income tax rate is 76.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Mardomian economy, worth 249 trillion guilders a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Basket Weaving, and Information Technology. Average income is 69,019 guilders, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Rosy Waggle is called 'Patches' at international summits, every workday begins with group therapy, a child's only Trickster Night scare is the sight of their parents dancing, and the government regularly publishes lengthy reports on its own excessive recordkeeping. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Mardom's national animal is the hedgehog, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Congregation of the Five Gods.

Mardom is ranked 104,670^th in the world and 4,462^nd in The East Pacific for Largest Pizza Delivery Sector, scoring 1,399.89 on the Pepperoni Propulsion Productivity Index.