The Kingdom of A Wild Mark is a titanic, efficient nation, notable for its state-planned economy, parental licensing program, and zero percent divorce rate. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 11.813 billion Wild Markians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 54.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Wild Markian economy, worth a remarkable 1,235 trillion Marks a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a large, well-organized, broadly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Tourism, and Basket Weaving. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an impressive 104,613 Marks, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.9 times as much as the poorest.

Max Barry finally has time for writing books after NationStates was recently outlawed, museums offer moralization or your money back, shoving people into lockers qualifies you for a ministerial position, and there are increasing complaints that male AI assistants have aggressive voices. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. A Wild Mark's national animal is the White Marked Tree Dog, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

A Wild Mark is ranked 22,836^th in the world and 1,125^th in Balder for Highest Unexpected Death Rate, scoring 102.65 on the Bus Surprisal Index.