The Undead Empire of Margala is a mammoth, genial nation, ruled by Night Empress Yamini Sundari with an even hand, and remarkable for its anti-smoking policies, aversion to nipples, and multi-spousal wedding ceremonies. The compassionate population of 5.284 billion Margalais have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Yamaranyapura. The average income tax rate is 88.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Margalan economy, worth 730 trillion Blood coins a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 138,289 Blood coins, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Some achieve retirement and some have retirement thrust upon them, the government is on the side of working people (like CEOs, bankers and billionaires), citizens who inform on their neighbors can trade government "loyalty points" for food and other prizes, and political cartoons depicting Night Empress Yamini Sundari's face on a Bone Sarpa's buttocks are selling like hotcakes. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Margala's national animal is the Bone Sarpa, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is The Faith of Yamin.

Margala is ranked 42,173^rd in the world and 36^th in Hell for Most Advanced Defense Forces, scoring 6,294.54 on the Total War Preparedness Rating.