The Republic of Marekozo is a huge, safe nation, remarkable for its state-planned economy, devotion to social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, cynical, devout population of 416 million Marekozoans are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Welfare, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 55.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Marekozoan economy, worth 13.5 trillion francs a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Cheese Exports, Uranium Mining, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is 32,443 francs, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Children's daycare starts at the crack of dawn, AI chatbots generate grayscale images when asked for a picture of the truth, military parades quietly tiptoe their way through the streets, and the nation is weighing the price of victory following a nuclear strike. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Marekozo's national animal is the emu, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Marekozo is ranked 103,435^th in the world and 4,351^st in Balder for Safest, scoring 80.96 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.