The Free Land of Marmalades is a colossal, safe nation, ruled by Maria Malades with an even hand, and renowned for its daily referendums, frequent executions, and free-roaming dinosaurs. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 8.63 billion Marmaladesians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The relatively small, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Jam. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 19.0%.

The Marmaladesian economy, worth 501 trillion Honeys a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Cheese Exports, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is 58,157 Honeys, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 173,210 per year while the poor average 15,298, a ratio of 11.3 to 1.

Adultery has been made a capital offence, it's considered a civil right to be allowed to neglect and mistreat your own children, customer satisfaction with online delivery services is at an all time high, and in life full of care there is no time to stop and stare. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Marmalades's national animal is the Eagle, which can occasionally be seen dodging aircraft in the nation's cities, and its national religion is Preservation.

Marmalades is ranked 224,419^th in the world and 24^th in Jyzeria for Most Extensive Public Healthcare, scoring 883.4 on the Theresa-Nightingale Rating.