The Marsupial of The Marsupial is a massive, socially progressive nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, compulsory military service, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 2.648 billion Marsupials enjoy some of the most opulent lifestyles in the region, unless they are unemployed or working-class, in which case they are variously starving to death or crippled by easily preventable diseases.

The relatively small, pro-business government is primarily concerned with Defense, with Healthcare, Law & Order, and Industry also on the agenda, while International Aid and Spirituality aren't funded at all. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 8.9%.

The strong Marsupial economy, worth 109 trillion A Random Currencies a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Basket Weaving, and Gambling. Average income is 41,277 A Random Currencies, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 266,040 per year while the poor average 2,587, a ratio of 102 to 1.

Organ donation is compulsory, the country's famous rainforests are being bulldozed by the mining industry, anti-vaxxers claim that injected children are prone to psychotic breaks when they see the 'Queen of Diamonds' playing card, and there is a growing belief that consciousness is a simulated illusion within a computer-generated reality. Crime is a serious problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. The Marsupial's national animal is the kangaroo, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

The Marsupial is ranked 213,216^th in the world and 7,607^th in Lazarus for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring -6.86 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.