The Serene Kingdom of Marlo is a titanic, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by King Archonovich with an iron fist, and notable for its pith helmet sales, ubiquitous missile silos, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, cynical, cheerful population of 14.172 billion Marloans are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The large, corrupt, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Okpueze. The average income tax rate is 94.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Marloan economy, worth a remarkable 2,772 trillion Marks a year, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Information Technology, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 195,636 Marks, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

In the mighty jungle the lion once again sleeps tonight, cultural heritage is measured in Scoville Heat Units, government leaders testify at international tribunals on why the sun went out, and public spending advocates dread when the government says they're here to help. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Marlo's national animal is the Bison, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Orthodox Christianity.

Marlo is ranked 331,046^th in the world and 59^th in Hartfelden for Highest Unexpected Death Rate, scoring 17.22 on the Bus Surprisal Index.