The Constitutional Monarchy of Maricoen is a huge, efficient nation, ruled by Prime Minister Dimitri Morozov with a fair hand, and renowned for its ubiquitous missile silos, otherworldly petting zoo, and flagrant waste-dumping. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 888 million Maricoenians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Marcosberg. The average income tax rate is 66.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Maricoenian economy, worth 121 trillion neroks a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Retail. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 137,091 neroks, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.6 times as much as the poorest.

Chekhov's guns are killing the entertainment budget, large sections of Maricoen have been named national reserves to protect the native tribes living there, search and rescue forces now accept cheques and all major credit cards, and in musicals everybody's a little bit racist. Crime is totally unknown. Maricoen's national animal is the Maricoenian Bison, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Maricoen is ranked 24,888^th in the world and 1^st in New Eastern Europe for Most Influential, scoring 1,348 on the Soft Power Disbursement Rating.