The Socialist Union of Marshava is a massive, genial nation, ruled by The Security Council with an even hand, and notable for its compulsory military service, ban on automobiles, and state-planned economy. The compassionate population of 2.362 billion Marshavans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of New Mirkava. The average income tax rate is 91.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Marshavan economy, worth 344 trillion Clays a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Furniture Restoration. Average income is an impressive 145,923 Clays, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Any body part that can be cut off a person is no longer considered to be their property, the official Marshavan Phrase Book weighs as much as a small child, citizens praise the weeds that overwhelm their narrow vegetable realm, and the nation's beloved 'good-natured doormat' is inundated by begging letters. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Marshava's national animal is the Wolf, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Cosmicism.

Marshava is ranked 6,935^th in the world and 416^th in The North Pacific for Healthiest Citizens, with 17.41 bananas ingested per day.