The Allied States of Maratisia is a mid-sized, socially progressive nation, notable for its museums and concert halls, absence of drug laws, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate population of 79 million Maratisians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 67.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Maratisian economy, worth 2.94 trillion bells a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Pizza Delivery, and Woodchip Exports. Average income is 37,270 bells, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Sick Maratisians are hair today and gone tomorrow, the nation threatens sanctions on islands only visible at low tide, the nation's new Mylab space station is notorious for being the loneliest place above the planet, and annulments are on the rise as couples discover their ancestors were born in the same hospitals. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Maratisia's national animal is the chimera, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Maratisia is ranked 127,272^nd in the world and 454^th in Carcassonne for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 1,579.28 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.