The Republic of Marasin is a huge, safe nation, notable for its smutty television, restrictive gun laws, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 231 million Marasinians are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

The medium-sized, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 23.7%.

The very strong Marasinian economy, worth 14.3 trillion deniers a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Automobile Manufacturing, and Cheese Exports. Average income is 61,912 deniers, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 177,574 per year while the poor average 17,172, a ratio of 10.3 to 1.

Breast milk is being redistributed from each according to their ability to each according to their need, breastfeeding mothers are replacing smokers to loiter outside the workplace, frat-house partying has become the national pastime, and newly synthesized elements' half-lives are a million times shorter than the time it takes to say their names. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Marasin's national animal is the fox, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Marasin is ranked 103,974^th in the world and 155^th in Declansburg for Highest Food Quality, scoring 22.3 on the Meeshlin-Starr Index.