The United States of Mar Vers is a mid-sized, safe nation, notable for its frequent executions, public floggings, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 62 million Mar Versians are free to succeed or fail in life on their own merits; the successful tend to enjoy an opulent (but moralistic) lifestyle, while the failures can be seen crowding out most jails.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Education, Law & Order, and Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 12.0%.

The powerhouse Mar Versian economy, worth 5.92 trillion dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Gambling, and Woodchip Exports. Average income is 95,475 dollars, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 315,681 per year while the poor average 21,586, a ratio of 14.6 to 1.

Music award shows include surprise polygraph segments, high school band practice is often crashed by technicolor-clad ravers, oil rigs in winter are heated by contained oil slick fires, and Mar Versian-made cars tend to catch fire in people's driveways. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Mar Vers's national animal is the leopard, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Mar Vers is ranked 262,413^th in the world and 2,053^rd in the West Pacific for Most Compassionate Citizens, scoring 39.43 on the Kitten Softness Rating.