The Democratic Republic of Margaretea is a huge, orderly nation, remarkable for its deadly medical pandemics, enslaved workforce, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 535 million Margareteans are rabid consumers, partly through choice and partly because the government tells them to and dissenters tend to vanish from their homes at night.

The tiny, corrupt, pro-business, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Sáng Jufgande. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 3.4%.

The frighteningly efficient Margaretean economy, worth 78.2 trillion margarets a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, and Uranium Mining. Average income is an impressive 146,232 margarets, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,324,407 per year while the poor average 1,907, a ratio of 694 to 1.

No one is worried about government policies any more, city rooftops are pockmarked with the shattered remains of high velocity delivery drones, large areas of Margaretea are not accessible by the public, and ships no longer sail as no one wants to encounter Margaretean pirates. Crime is all-pervasive, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Margaretea's national animal is the blacktip shark, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Margaretea is ranked 330,956^th in the world and 81^st in womp for Highest Average Tax Rates, with 3.41 Effective Tax Rate.