The Serene Sanctuary of The Holy Principality of Saint Mark is a titanic, cultured nation, ruled by His Serene Highness Prince Marcarius with an even hand, and renowned for its zero percent divorce rate, free-roaming dinosaurs, and keen interest in outer space. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic, cheerful, devout population of 22.435 billion Saint Markans are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The relatively small, pro-business government is primarily concerned with Education, although Industry, Spirituality, and Environment are also considered important, while Social Policy is ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Sanctus Leo. The average income tax rate is 52.4%.

The frighteningly efficient Saint Markan economy, worth a remarkable 8,290 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 369,539 Marks, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.1 times as much as the poorest.

The national anthem is considered broadly offensive to those who don't believe in Christianity, tourists visit The Holy Principality of Saint Mark to mass-moon Saint Markan politicians, male friends are often accompanied by a female relative in order to prove their 'straightness', and psychiatrists bizarrely accompany His Serene Highness Prince Marcarius to meetings with foreign heads of state. 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 7,510^th in the world and 130^th in the West Pacific for Nicest Citizens, with 36.94 average smiles per day.