The Republic of Markostvo is a huge, safe nation, renowned for its ban on automobiles, complete lack of prisons, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, devout population of 620 million Markostvoans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Novigrad. The average income tax rate is 61.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Markostvoan economy, worth 34.7 trillion Marks a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Beef-Based Agriculture industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 56,000 Marks, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

Heavily-laden pregnant women are told they can manage, the news is showing footage of Leader bullying an old man to the point of tears, children are expected to carve their own toys, and lines of trenches demarcate the nation's borders. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Markostvo's national animal is the Eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Markostvo is ranked 57,385^th in the world and 5^th in Slavia for Nicest Citizens, with 17.01 average smiles per day.