The Marian Devotees of Free Mariana is a mammoth, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Chief Devotee Marcellus J Shale with an iron fist, and notable for its ritual sacrifices, enslaved workforce, and otherworldly petting zoo. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 6.235 billion Urceans 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, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, although Law & Order, Administration, and Spirituality are also considered important, while Social Policy and Welfare are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Mariansburg. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 32.1%.

The all-consuming Urcean economy, worth 663 trillion Urcean Dollars 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, fairly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, Uranium Mining, and Information Technology. 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 106,485 Urcean Dollars, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 329,301 per year while the poor average 26,547, a ratio of 12.4 to 1.

New pilots are regularly reminded that they are more expendable than their planes, crops are flattened as farmers bludgeon insects to death, "Darwin's Disease" is a growing cause of death, and virtual assistants are seen with increasing suspicion every time they get an upgrade. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Free Mariana's national animal is the Yellow Labrador, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Catholicism.

Free Mariana is ranked 90,951^st in the world and 10^th in Catholic for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 2,320.52 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.