The Second Commonwealth of Benjamin Mark is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by president of sirian with an even hand, and remarkable for its daily referendums, devotion to social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, cheerful population of 31.461 billion Markians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Carson Village. The average income tax rate is 99.7%.

The frighteningly efficient Markian economy, worth a remarkable 8,943 trillion Euros a year, is quite specialized and mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 284,260 Euros, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.7 times as much as the poorest.

Small children are learning a lot of new words from a teacher with Tourette Syndrome, Michelin-star chefs are being called on to prepare menus for six-year-olds, women are ordered home to reproduce for the glory of the Second Commonwealth, and dozens of viewers go online to hear whether a comma has been added to Clause 5 in Subsection B of Law 58375. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Benjamin Mark's national animal is the Golden Eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is a major religion.

Benjamin Mark is ranked 330,648^th in the world and 3^rd in Cad Goddeau for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring -20.71 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.