The Commonwealth of Mark The Wise is a large, efficient nation, remarkable for its rum-swilling pirates, frequent executions, and ubiquitous missile silos. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 155 million Wiseans are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The medium-sized, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 40.2%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Mark The Wisean economy, worth 10.0 trillion Pounds 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 dominated by the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Retail, and Furniture Restoration. Average income is 64,538 Pounds, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Evenings at university debating societies often end with everyone acknowledging both sides may well be right, government theft from poor artists to give to rich allies has been dubbed the "reverse Robin Hood" policy, the military is recruiting war criminals to join its weapons research teams, and nothing gets the party jumping like Leader specifying how high. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Mark The Wise's national animal is the Kiwi, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Mark The Wise is ranked 112,696^th in the world and 23^rd in HVMUN for Safest, scoring 78.58 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.