The Empire of Marcus Aurelius Antoninus is a huge, safe nation, renowned for its punitive income tax rates, restrictive gun laws, and stringent health and safety legislation. The cynical population of 801 million Marcus Aurelius Antoninusians 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 enormous, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 53.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but sluggish Marcus Aurelius Antoninusian economy, worth 13.6 trillion Sestertiuses a year, is led by the Soda Sales industry, with major contributions from Cheese Exports, Trout Farming, and Book Publishing. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 17,025 Sestertiuses, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Marcus Aurelius Antoninus's national animal is the Eagle.

Marcus Aurelius Antoninus is ranked 243,063^rd in the world and 9,039^th in Lazarus for Highest Food Quality, scoring 8.17 on the Meeshlin-Starr Index.