The Cloudy Skies of Marlducro is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by President Matthieu Dubois with a fair hand, and notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, smutty television, and complete lack of prisons. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic, cheerful population of 4.835 billion Marlducroans hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Folsburgh. The average income tax rate is 90.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Marlducroan economy, worth 935 trillion Dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Retail, Tourism, and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 193,436 Dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

The government has spent days debating the merits of a petition calling for a ban on sporks, President Matthieu Dubois can often be seen hanging around playgrounds chatting with the kids, a new guerrilla marketing campaign for tap water involves government agents spraying random citizens with hose water, and vital intelligence-gathering activities are put on hold as agents return home for seduction training and advanced poker instruction. Crime is totally unknown. Marlducro's national animal is the Eagle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Marlducro is ranked 251,715^th in the world and 5,592^nd in The North Pacific for Most Beautiful Environments, with 223.46 pounds of wildlife per square mile.