The Kingdom of Marchiaa is a massive, orderly nation, ruled by Sanda von Roi with an iron fist, and notable for its rum-swilling pirates, deadly medical pandemics, and lack of airports. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 2.318 billion Marchians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The large, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Aurudo. The average income tax rate is 59.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Marchian economy, worth 263 trillion Assems a year, is mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, Retail, and Woodchip Exports. Average income is an impressive 113,621 Assems, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.0 times as much as the poorest.

Many suspect that the 'Whinny The Plop' children's magazine contains covert criticism of Sanda von Roi, strange men lingering in offices distributing television sets is a basis for a system of government, politicians are fired for opening subjective statements with "I believe", and drawing men's naughty bits isn't considered to be art. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Marchiaa's national animal is the Lion, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Fulgurianism.

Marchiaa is ranked 22,700^th in the world and 1,324^th in Lazarus for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 6,670.73 on the Gilded Widget Scale.