The Allied States of Maratisia is a mid-sized, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its state-planned economy, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate population of 50 million Maratisians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 67.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Maratisian economy, worth 1.81 trillion bells a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Woodchip Exports. Average income is 36,150 bells, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Entomologists flock to Maratisia City for its remarkable gadfly population, citizens cannot change their light bulbs without approval from an international committee, psychiatrists bizarrely accompany Leader to meetings with foreign heads of state, and fancy dress parties are raided by military police for new recruits. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Maratisia's national animal is the chimera, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Maratisia is ranked 76,277^th in the world and 191^st in Carcassonne for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 126.04 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.