The Republic of Mardatan is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Jade Savon with an even hand, and remarkable for its soft-spoken computers, parental licensing program, and compulsory gun ownership. The compassionate population of 6.528 billion Mardatanians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, corrupt, socially-minded government prioritizes Defense, although Education, Administration, and Healthcare are also considered important, while Spirituality is ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Kovernika. The average income tax rate is 90.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Mardatanian economy, worth a remarkable 1,032 trillion Cashmarks a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a large, well-organized, highly specialized black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Tourism, and Uranium Mining. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an impressive 158,180 Cashmarks, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

No-one can foil the ambitions of Big Aluminium, grinding bureaucracy has the international wheels of justice turning slowly, homophobia is off the menu, and convicted felons are forced into slavery for their crimes. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Mardatan's national animal is the Bald Eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Mardatan is ranked 7,917^th in the world and 3^rd in Segmentum Tempestus for Largest Black Market, with 169 trillion Standard Monetary Units.