The Free Land of Marinios is a massive, socially progressive nation, ruled by Marinosian Corporation Council with an even hand, and notable for its deadly medical pandemics, smutty television, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 1.24 billion Mariniosians enjoy some of the most opulent lifestyles in the region, unless they are unemployed or working-class, in which case they are variously starving to death or crippled by easily preventable diseases.

The minute, liberal, pro-business government, or what there is of one, is dominated by the Department of Industry, although Defense and Administration are also considered important, while Law & Order and Environment aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Black Cougar Metropolis. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 3.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Mariniosian economy, worth 132 trillion Sea Coins a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Gambling, Soda Sales, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is an impressive 106,805 Sea Coins, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 701,894 per year while the poor average 6,341, a ratio of 110 to 1.

One can walk from one side of Black Cougar Metropolis to the other without setting foot on Mariniosian soil, ignorance is considered a politically desirable quality, everyone has the equal opportunity to have their wallet stolen, and the entire entry for Marinios in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the World reads 'mostly harmless'. Crime, especially youth-related, is all-pervasive, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Marinios's national animal is the Jaguar, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is The Market.

Marinios is ranked 57,361^st in the world and 2^nd in Tenenget for Highest Average Incomes, with 106,805.48 Standard Monetary Units.