The Dominion of John Mark is a titanic, orderly nation, notable for its museums and concert halls, sprawling nuclear power plants, and unlimited-speed roads. The compassionate, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 11.723 billion John Markians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The relatively small, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Saint Paul. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 47.8%.

The frighteningly efficient John Markian economy, worth a remarkable 2,500 trillion Good Deeds a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Retail, Tourism, and Book Publishing. Average income is an amazing 213,306 Good Deeds, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 653,596 per year while the poor average 53,886, a ratio of 12.1 to 1.

Children have lost interest in toy guns in favor of toy meth lab kits, children's bedrooms are often decorated with posters of successful accountants, artists can sign away their music on luxury paper with freshly-squeezed squid ink, and cultural heritage is measured in Scoville Heat Units. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. John Mark's national animal is the Winged Lion, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

John Mark is ranked 52,073^rd in the world and 29^th in Catholic for Highest Poor Incomes, with 53,886.67 Standard Monetary Units.