The People's Republic of Marza is a very large, safe nation, remarkable for its free-roaming dinosaurs, daily referendums, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 288 million Marzans enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 65.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but sluggish Marzan economy, worth 6.49 trillion lire 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 Beef-Based Agriculture industry, with major contributions from Pizza Delivery, Uranium Mining, and Basket Weaving. Average income is 22,541 lire, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The nation has opened its arms to an influx of refugees, it's believed that women's brains will overheat if they think for themselves, basket-weaving is the nation's latest fad, and pranking is an art form. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Marza's national animal is the ladybug, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Marza is ranked 94,365^th in the world and 448^th in The Leftist Assembly for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 993.67 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.