The Allied States of Mar Teret is a colossal, orderly nation, ruled by Vershack with an iron fist, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, national health service, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 2.929 billion Mar Teretians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Teretia. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 48.0%.

The frighteningly efficient Mar Teretian economy, worth 576 trillion feirs a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Retail, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is extensive. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 196,884 feirs, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 571,021 per year while the poor average 53,764, a ratio of 10.6 to 1.

Teenage girls worry that they'll be unpopular if their skirts aren't short enough, citizens can only enjoy the splendor of the natural world in designated 'Majesty Appreciation' zones, truck drivers turn their engines off and coast whenever they're going downhill, and the national colors help to make everyone look slimmer. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Mar Teret's national animal is the lion, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Mar Teret is ranked 143,346^th in the world and 744^th in the Plains of Perdition for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring 2,031.69 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.