The State of Marsalo is a gargantuan, efficient nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, smutty television, and absence of drug laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 30.585 billion Marsaloans hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The minute, liberal government, or what there is of one, is effectively ruled by the Department of Industry, with Education and Social Policy also on the agenda, while Defense and Environment aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Westminster. The average income tax rate is 6.7%.

The thriving Marsaloan economy, worth a remarkable 1,683 trillion betales a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is fairly diversified and led by the Automobile Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Gambling, Retail, and Pizza Delivery. Average income is 55,057 betales, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.4 times as much as the poorest.

Programmes of questionable content are shown at peak-hours, military funding has been stripped back, female newsreaders distract the nation by breastfeeding during broadcast, and Marsalo has designated Westminster as its capital city. Crime, especially youth-related, is a problem, probably because of the absence of a police force. Marsalo's national animal is the deer, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Marsalo is ranked 259,804^th in the world and 6^th in the Bahamas for Lowest Crime Rates, with 46.49 law-abiding acts per hour.