The Republic of Maarjaz is a huge, genial nation, notable for its teetotalling pirates, punitive income tax rates, and suspicion of poets. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 473 million Maarjazians are known throughout the region for their efficiency and work ethic, as well as their general suspicion of leisure.

The enormous, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Environment, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 69.6%.

The all-consuming Maarjazian economy, worth 25.4 trillion Uʹrvvlõstts a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a large, well-organized, highly specialized black market in Gambling, Woodchip Exports, and Tourism. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 53,651 Uʹrvvlõstts, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.9 times as much as the poorest.

New regulations have put a halt to monkey business, the new Reindeer Supremacy Party is faring well in the polls, money can't buy happiness but it can buy immunity to prosecution, and every new building project has to undergo a five-year environmental impact study before it can go ahead. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Maarjaz's national animal is the Reindeer, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Maarjaz is ranked 8,344^th in the world and 4^th in Luadastmaa Puppet Region for Most Secular, with 96.81 Atheism Rate.