The Queendom of Marre is a huge, genial nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 575 million Marreses hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Administration, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Grode. The average income tax rate is 20.9%.

The sizeable but inefficient Marrean economy, worth 21.8 trillion Kronor a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Woodchip Exports industry, with major contributions from Furniture Restoration, Tourism, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 37,990 Kronor, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.1 times as much as the poorest.

All government facilities are built in the subterranean citadel of Grode, bins outnumber trees in city parks, voting district maps are said to resemble a tyrannosaurus eating the capital, and bronze and marble supplies are running low as sculptors depict full-figured subjects. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Marre's national animal is the Stellar's Sea Cow, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Marre is ranked 207,268^th in the world and 3,818^th in the South Pacific for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring -2.64 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.