The Republic of Marrakesh-1 is a gargantuan, genial nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, public floggings, and compulsory military service. The hard-working, devout population of 25.281 billion Marrakesh-1ians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The relatively small, moralistic government is primarily concerned with Defense, with Law & Order, Administration, and Industry also on the agenda, while Environment and Education are ignored. The average income tax rate is 22.1%.

The very strong Marrakesh-1ian economy, worth a remarkable 1,919 trillion $$s a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Basket Weaving. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 75,906 $$s, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.3 times as much as the poorest.

Looting and pillaging are now considered vital intelligence-gathering activities, crocodile roadkill is smeared across the asphalt of the new Formula One track, the navy is chrome-plating its battleships to prevent rust, and increasing numbers of children in Marrakesh-1 have different eye and hair color to their supposed fathers. Crime, especially youth-related, is almost non-existent, thanks to a capable police force. Marrakesh-1's national animal is the Laughing Swordfish, which can occasionally be seen avoiding garbage in the nation's murky oceans.

Marrakesh-1 is ranked 194,426^th in the world and 1^st in Marrakesh for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring 490.23 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.