The Union State of Mariinsk is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Petra Bedernjak with an even hand, and notable for its smutty television, sprawling nuclear power plants, and soft-spoken computers. The hard-nosed population of 2.853 billion Mariinskians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Muromii. The average income tax rate is 64.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Mariinskian economy, worth 487 trillion Rubles a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is an impressive 170,813 Rubles, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Earthquake sirens are a leading cause of hearing loss, old people living in plastic bubbles complain about a new type of social isolation, Muromii is a police state during international summits, and the tomato-covered corpses that decorate the nation's cities are a favourite amongst morbid tourists. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Mariinsk's national animal is the red deer, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is the Orthodox Church of Mariinsk.

Mariinsk is ranked 301,462^nd in the world and 6,143^rd in the Rejected Realms for Most Primitive, scoring -313.6 on the Scary Big Number Scale.