The Kingdom of Marnotko is a large, efficient nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, compulsory military service, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 69 million Marnotkoans enjoy great individual freedoms in everything except elections, which, where they exist at all, are populist shams for a dictatorship government that has no intention of ever giving up power.

The relatively small, pro-business, well-organized government is primarily concerned with Law & Order, although Administration, Education, and Healthcare are also considered important, while Spirituality and International Aid aren't funded at all. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 8.5%.

The powerhouse Marnotkoan economy, worth 4.47 trillion Her Majesty’s Dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Gambling industry, with major contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Book Publishing, and Information Technology. Average income is 64,761 Her Majesty’s Dollars, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 239,697 per year while the poor average 12,323, a ratio of 19.4 to 1.

Films are funded in accordance with the volume of tears shed when reading the screenplay, increasing inclusiveness is a sign of the times, going on a diet invalidates your passport, and the government has started a campaign to crack down on road rage and encourage alternate means of commuting. Crime, especially youth-related, is well under control, thanks to a well-funded police force. Marnotko's national animal is the Dog, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Marnotko is ranked 232,429^th in the world and 1^st in A Unified Caribbean for Largest Mining Sector, scoring -1.41 on the Blue Sky Asbestos Index.