The Marbles of Carrara is a mammoth, cultured nation, renowned for its compulsory military service. The hard-nosed, hard-working, devout population of 5.536 billion Carraresi are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The large, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Law & Order, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Carrara. The average income tax rate is 46.3%.

The Carrarese economy, worth 228 trillion lire a year, is led by the Beef-Based Agriculture industry, with major contributions from Trout Farming, Information Technology, and Cheese Exports. Average income is 41,258 lire, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.2 times as much as the poorest.

Loss of the ability to speak is a common affliction of the elderly, citizens have never heard foreign radio, much of Carrara's computer network is controlled by a rampant artificial intelligence, and only native-born Carraresi who have never left the nation are permitted to run for office. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Carrara's national animal is the eagle and its national religion is Roman Catholicism.

Carrara is ranked 78,701^st in the world and 50^th in Department Store for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring 3,639.22 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.