The Commonwealth of Marshaland is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Stilgar with a fair hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, pith helmet sales, and ban on automobiles. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 1.192 billion Marshalandians love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Midland. The average income tax rate is 81.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Marshalandian economy, worth 130 trillion Bits a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Trout Farming, Information Technology, and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 109,529 Bits, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government has declined to declare any particular religion as its 'official' one, bins outnumber trees in city parks, teachers are skilled at leaving no evidence of child cruelty, and windows in Midland don't have much of a view. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Marshaland's national animal is the Squirrel, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Marshaland is ranked 284,128^th in the world and 33^rd in Wintercrest for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 20,482.06 Standard Monetary Units.