The Constitutional Monarchy of Holy Marcus Empire is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by King Vincent Fritz I with an even hand, and notable for its national health service, smutty television, and parental licensing program. The compassionate, democratic population of 2.887 billion Marcusians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Tenseigan. The average income tax rate is 94.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Marcusian economy, worth 420 trillion Vinzes a year, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Furniture Restoration. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 145,542 Vinzes, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

The 'kind of scrawny' 500 meter hurdle is a popular event, executions are marked by quiet dignity and maybe a final round or two of whist, people who have had childhood imaginary friends are told they can't ever be trusted with guns, and interest rates mysteriously drop whenever the CBHME Governor goes house hunting. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Holy Marcus Empire's national animal is the Marcusian Tiger Shark, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is Catholicism.

Holy Marcus Empire is ranked 119,532^nd in the world and 6,170^th in The North Pacific for Largest Retail Industry, scoring -1.18 on the Shrinkwrap Consignment Productivity Index.