The Tie-Dye Republic of Mars Hotel is a colossal, socially progressive nation, ruled by Robert Hunter with a fair hand, and renowned for its free-roaming dinosaurs, complete lack of prisons, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 7.021 billion Mars Hotelians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The enormous, liberal, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Cucamonga. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Mars Hotelian economy, worth a remarkable 1,844 trillion Garcias a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 262,768 Garcias, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

A mushroom a day keeps the sadness away, 3D printed organs are a breath of new life for the sick and elderly, at least 1% of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs budget goes to Robert Hunter's wardrobe, and Mars Hotelian scientists are mixing chewing tobacco with bacon flavouring in an attempt to craft the perfect male snack. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Mars Hotel's national animal is the saw-whet owl, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Mars Hotel is ranked 1,105^th in the world and 3^rd in The Region That Has No Big Banks for Lowest Crime Rates, with 167.48 law-abiding acts per hour.