The Republic of Mardom is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Rosy Waggle with a fair hand, and remarkable for its zero percent divorce rate, keen interest in outer space, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 3.348 billion Mardomians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The enormous, liberal, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Administration, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Micester. The average income tax rate is 77.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Mardomian economy, worth 241 trillion guilders a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Basket Weaving, and Information Technology. Average income is 72,000 guilders, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Listless juries are assembled for the simplest of court cases, political gridlock ensues as even the most innocuous legislation is vetoed by the Supreme Court for potential civil rights violations, white strait-jackets are the new orange jumpsuits, and it's always rabbit season. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Mardom's national animal is the hedgehog, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Congregation of the Five Gods.

Mardom is ranked 15,903^rd in the world and 492^nd in The East Pacific for Most Beautiful Environments, with 1,166.9 pounds of wildlife per square mile.