The Republic of Marvinville is a large, socially progressive nation, renowned for its irreverence towards religion and suspicion of poets. The quiet, industrious population of 78 million Marvinvilleans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The medium-sized, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 30.9%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but sluggish Marvinvillean economy, worth 1.71 trillion Dollars a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Soda Sales, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 21,894 Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Gambling is outlawed, agreeing to appear on TV is often the best way to access social care, genetic researchers have been expelled, and the nation's official head of religious affairs is an atheist. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Marvinville's national animal is the Hawk.

Marvinville is ranked 34,673^rd in the world and 20^th in Thaecia for Highest Unexpected Death Rate, scoring 35.11 on the Bus Surprisal Index.