The District of Mare Australes is a titanic, safe nation, ruled by Liard with an even hand, and notable for its zero percent divorce rate, absence of drug laws, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed population of 18.732 billion Mare Australesians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of District City. The average income tax rate is 51.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but underdeveloped Mare Australesian economy, worth 496 trillion districtas a year, is quite specialized and led by the Trout Farming industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Woodchip Exports, and Cheese Exports. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 26,477 districtas, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Elderly prisoners with severe dementia are reminded hourly that they are evil people by helpful nurse-wardens, workers tend to schedule naps during all-hands meetings, Mare Australes has designated District City as its capital city, and Liard has just been declared ruler of Mare Australes in an international press conference. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Mare Australes's national animal is the quick pink fox, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Mare Australes is ranked 193,699^th in the world and 1^st in Southern Ocean for Least Corrupt Governments, with 92.76 percentage of bribes refused.