The Serene Sanctuary of The Holy Principality of Saint Mark is a colossal, safe nation, ruled by His Serene Highness Prince Marcarius with a fair hand, and renowned for its pith helmet sales, zero percent divorce rate, and anti-smoking policies. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic, cheerful, devout population of 9.146 billion Saint Markians are effectively ruled by a group of massive corporations, who run for political office and provide their well-off citizens with world-class goods and services. Their poorer citizens, however, are mostly starving to death while being urged to go out and get real jobs. The populace has reasonably extensive civil rights, although these are mostly aimed at allowing them to buy whatever they like.

The relatively small government is primarily concerned with Education, although Environment, Spirituality, and Industry are also considered important, while Social Policy and Welfare aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Sanctus Leo. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 45.4%.

The frighteningly efficient Saint Markian economy, worth a remarkable 2,828 trillion Marks a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Retail, and Book Publishing. Average income is an amazing 309,246 Marks, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,517,501 per year while the poor average 36,070, a ratio of 42.1 to 1.

The The Holy Principality of Saint Mark Automotive Racing Series draws millions of spectators annually while those near the tracks complain about the noise, surrealist houses shaped like mushrooms and volcanoes dominate the wealthiest neighborhoods, the government keeps its thumb on the scales of justice, and drawing men's naughty bits isn't considered to be art. Crime is totally unknown. The Holy Principality of Saint Mark's national animal is the Lion, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Christianity.

The Holy Principality of Saint Mark is ranked 35,857^th in the world and 937^th in the West Pacific for Most Pro-Market, scoring 67.56 on the Rand Index.