The Empire of Margotropia is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its zero percent divorce rate, irreverence towards religion, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 578 million Margotropians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The enormous, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. The average income tax rate is 73.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Margotropian economy, worth 20.3 trillion Bracelets 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 Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Cheese Exports. Average income is 35,113 Bracelets, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government is attempting to impose a new national language on the public, religious education is a new government priority, large-girthed charity workers assign themselves healthy wages for their work with starving children, and all government facilities are built in the subterranean citadel of Margotropia City. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Margotropia's national animal is the Hedgehog, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Margotropia is ranked 63,588^th in the world and 1^st in Vanguardia for Most Patriotic, with 22.15 flags saluted per person per day.