The Federal Republic of Martzbrieg is a mammoth, genial nation, renowned for its irreverence towards religion, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate population of 5.273 billion Martzbriegians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Tarowood. The average income tax rate is 86.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Martzbriegian economy, worth 641 trillion Dollars a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 121,700 Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

A good Martzbriegian is hard to find, politicians preface their speeches with a declaration that any resemblance to speeches given by individuals living or dead is purely coincidental, all guns must be registered, and the military's newest anti-tank strategy is throwing a landmine like a frisbee. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Martzbrieg's national animal is the Crow, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Martzbrieg is ranked 10,762^nd in the world and 42^nd in the Outback for Most Cultured, scoring 109 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.