The Federal Republic of Marcus Pork is a very large, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its state-planned economy, punitive income tax rates, and suspicion of poets. The cynical population of 280 million Marcus Porkians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The enormous, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 71.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant Marcus Porkian economy, worth 2.10 trillion nutlick halls a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is mostly made up of the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Furniture Restoration, Woodchip Exports, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is 7,509 nutlick halls, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The sound of silence from abandoned Violetist temples is deafening, the government-run newspapers insist that everything is fine, many Marcus Porkians struggle to find outlets for their pent-up competitive juices, and environmental officials dismiss uncontrolled wildfires burning down major cities as nature taking its course. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Marcus Pork's national animal is the big unc, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Marcus Pork is ranked 195,297^th in the world and 2^nd in The Grand Oof for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 303.24 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.