The Republic of Wandering Mark is a titanic, efficient nation, remarkable for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, ritual sacrifices, and ubiquitous missile silos. The hard-nosed, hard-working, devout population of 12.342 billion Wandering Markians 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, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 23.0%.

The frighteningly efficient Wandering Markian economy, worth a remarkable 1,433 trillion Marks a year, is broadly diversified and dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Woodchip Exports, Information Technology, and Furniture Restoration. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 116,148 Marks, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.6 times as much as the poorest.

Private businesses are paving paradises to put up parking lots, prominent cultural symbols are featured on the backs of cereal boxes, superfoods are often seen as supervillains, and nothing gets the party jumping like Leader specifying how high. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Wandering Mark's national animal is the White Marked Tree Dog, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Wandering Mark is ranked 63,895^th in the world and 3,003^rd in Balder for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 149.5 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.