The State of Marlborough Charter is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by the Governor with a fair hand, and remarkable for its complete lack of prisons, complete lack of public education, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-working, democratic population of 20.888 billion Marlborough Charterians live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.

The minute, liberal, pro-business, outspoken government, or what there is of one, prioritizes Industry, although Welfare is also considered important, while Law & Order and Spirituality are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Capital Heights. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 5.1%.

The very strong Marlborough Charterian economy, worth 891 trillion betales a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Uranium Mining, and Furniture Restoration. Average income is 42,664 betales, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 290,066 per year while the poor average 2,292, a ratio of 126 to 1.

Marlborough Charter's children are widely acknowledged as the most foul-mouthed in the region, citizens can be frequently spotted going about their business stark naked, Marlborough Charter has designated Capital Heights as its capital city, and The Governor has just been declared ruler of Marlborough Charter in an international press conference. Crime is a major problem, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Marlborough Charter's national animal is the deer, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Marlborough Charter is ranked 164,446^th in the world and 423^rd in Ancient Lands for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 212.21 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.