The Empire of Mark A Knight is a titanic, efficient nation, remarkable for its pith helmet sales, frequent executions, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 14.113 billion Mark A Knightians 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 medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 36.4%.

The frighteningly efficient Mark A Knightian economy, worth a remarkable 1,699 trillion Marks a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Information Technology, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is extensive. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 120,389 Marks, with the richest citizens earning 7.1 times as much as the poorest.

The nation's streets have become a winter wonderland of salt and sand, elderly tribespeople die in bed surrounded by loved ones and linguists, prosecutors are tucked into bed by the household police officer, and the Mark A Knightian Intelligence Agency has put 'Project Quantum Refrigerator' on hold indefinitely. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Mark A Knight's national animal is the White Marked Tree Dog, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Mark A Knight is ranked 34,039^th in the world and 1^st in Ribe for Largest Populations, with 14.1 billion capita.