The Democratic Republic of Marielan is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Mrs President with a fair hand, and renowned for its ritual sacrifices, frequent executions, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 1.939 billion Marielanians love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The large, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Liberty. The average income tax rate is 67.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Marielanian economy, worth 121 trillion Credits a year, is quite specialized and dominated by the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Basket Weaving, Cheese Exports, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 62,582 Credits, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Lobotomies haven't been the same after the practice was severed, almost all of the nation's water is piped into the country from abroad for exorbitant prices, the military is slashing spending on conventional arms and diverting it to spending on prosthetic arms, and giggling teens are asked to put their mouths on rubber dolls. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Marielan's national animal is the Capybara, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Darwinism.

Marielan is ranked 215,106^th in the world and 216^th in The Leftist Assembly for Largest Manufacturing Sector, scoring 5,277.15 on the Gooback-Jerbs Productivity Index.