The Allied States of Maratisia is a small, cultured nation, renowned for its state-planned economy, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate population of 40 million Maratisians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 65.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Maratisian economy, worth 1.49 trillion bells a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Woodchip Exports. Average income is 37,263 bells, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Crowds of flag-burning protesters tend to accidentally become crowds of burning protesters, Leader spends weekends doing the laundry of foreign leaders, the nation's leading climatologists are investigating animal flatulence in efforts to reduce methane emissions, and saying "don't do anything that Leader wouldn't do" doesn't exclude a great deal. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Maratisia's national animal is the chimera, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Maratisia is ranked 272,516^th in the world and 902^nd in Carcassonne for Highest Average Incomes, with 37,263.46 Standard Monetary Units.