The Holy Empire of Marbieth is a very large, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its national health service, ubiquitous missile silos, and frequent executions. The compassionate, devout population of 499 million Marbiethians 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 government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Defense, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Saint Francisburg. The average income tax rate is 68.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Marbiethian economy, worth 35.0 trillion kronor a year, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, and Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 70,127 kronor, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Five-year-olds who refuse to line up on command get gold stars, some electoral districts are without a representative as they are stuck with perpetual revotes, the most notorious criminals are given the Consequences of Your Actions Award, and the practice of capital punishment proves divisive. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Marbieth's national animal is the bison, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Marbieth is ranked 68,584^th in the world and 61^st in Aesica for Largest Governments, scoring 19.97 on the Bureaucratic Comprehensiveness Rating Scale Index.