The Republic of March 8 is a very large, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its enslaved workforce, frequent executions, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate population of 282 million March 8ians 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 medium-sized, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Administration. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 35.4%.

The March 8ian economy, worth 13.3 trillion Cards a year, is mostly made up of the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Furniture Restoration, Gambling, and Information Technology. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 47,123 Cards, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 140,738 per year while the poor average 12,347, a ratio of 11.4 to 1.

War criminals are given full state funerals, the nation threatens sanctions on islands only visible at low tide, textbooks are exactly twice as heavy as they used to be, and more and more students are taking up a career in medicine. Crime is almost non-existent, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. March 8's national animal is the Card, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

March 8 is ranked 31,826^th in the world and 7^th in Calendar for Safest, scoring 108.38 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.