The Translucent Sadness of Martian-Manhunter is a gargantuan, safe nation, remarkable for its punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, democratic population of 45.351 billion Martian-Manhunterians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The enormous, liberal, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 51.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The enormous but underdeveloped Martian-Manhunterian economy, worth a remarkable 1,006 trillion phobos a year, is quite specialized and led by the Cheese Exports industry, with major contributions from Pizza Delivery, Furniture Restoration, and Arms Manufacturing. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 22,200 phobos, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Euthanasia is legal, a large-scale revitalization of the education system is underway, and surveillance cameras are banned. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Martian-Manhunter's national animal is the deimos.

Martian-Manhunter is ranked 131,431^st in the world and 4^th in Justice League for Lowest Crime Rates, with 62.6 law-abiding acts per hour.