The Dragon Monarchy of Maripuu is a titanic, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Katarina with an iron fist, and renowned for its keen interest in outer space, pith helmet sales, and ritual sacrifices. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 19.909 billion Maripuuans are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Achia. The average income tax rate is 98.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Maripuuan economy, worth a remarkable 7,475 trillion Maris a year, is broadly diversified and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, Book Publishing, and Tourism. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an amazing 375,477 Maris, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

There is one competing standard, those who sing the national anthem off-key have the key thrown away, the best fashion comes straight to the high street from sweatshops all across the globe, and the nation's streets have become a winter wonderland of salt and sand. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Maripuu's national animal is the Dragon, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Katianism.

Maripuu is ranked 4,247^th in the world and 175^th in The North Pacific for Most Cultured, scoring 173 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.