The Wings of the Dawn of Extremis Maris is a mammoth, safe nation, renowned for its state-planned economy, daily referendums, and zero percent divorce rate. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 9.48 billion Maritimeses are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Stella Maris. The average income tax rate is 94.7%.

The all-consuming Extremis Marisian economy, worth a remarkable 1,029 trillion denarii a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing and Information Technology. Average income is an impressive 108,649 denarii, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

One tree's worth of paperwork accompanies each imported log of timber, schoolchildren seeking entertainment have been told to go fish, Scoutmasters debate whether luxury log cabins defeat the purpose of camping, and one can wake up in Extremis Maris and have breakfast in Bigtopia. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Extremis Maris's national animal is the hawk, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Extremis Maris is ranked 3,110^th in the world and 63^rd in the Pacific for Least Corrupt Governments, with 95.73 percentage of bribes refused.